There is a destiny in war, to which a brave man knows how to submit with the same courage that he faces his foes.

In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only proceed from the publick. The publick, then, is to be watched, in this country, as, in other countries kings and aristocrats are to be watched.

The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority.

At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that Marines were more important than during the War of the Revolution.

Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations on a popular base, is in the checks and balances imposed on the public servants.

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore.

It's wisest always to be so clad that our friends need not ask us for our names.