[The public has] the habit now of invalidating opinions emanating from me by reference to my age and infirmities.

Armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.

It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive in it [the Constitution] a finger of that Almighty hand which has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in the critical stages of the revolution.

It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other.

A victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master.

The American people owe it to themselves, and to the cause of free Government, to prove by their establishments for the advancement and diffusion of knowledge, that their political Institutionsare as favorable to the intellectual and moral improvement of Man as they are conformable to his individual and social rights.

The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress.