The American continents, by the free and independent condition by which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.

The emigrants although of different parties and different religious sects all flew from persecution in pursuit of liberty.

The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.

There is every reason to believe that our system will soon attain the highest degree of perfection of which human institutions are capable.

The Executive is charged officially in the Departments under it with the disbursement of the public money, and is responsible for the faithful application of it to the purposes for which it is raised. The Legislature is the watchful guardian over the public purse. It is its duty to see that the disbursement has been honestly made.

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.

A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.