To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement

Having outlived so many of my contemporaries, I ought not to forget that I may be thought to have outlived myself.

The most common and durable source of faction has been the various and unequal distribution of property.

A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species.