They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass of the society.

Ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption

Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and be able to set a due value on the means of preserving it.

The number of individuals employed under the Constitution of the United States will be much smaller than the number employed under the particular States.

I hope this will find you...enjoying the commencement of a new year with every prospect that can make it a happy one.

These examples, though as unfit for the imitation, as they are repugnant to the genius of America, are notwithstanding . . . very instructive proofs of the necessity of some institution that will blend stability with liberty.

It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.