In wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do

The payments which have been made into the Treasury show the very productive state of the public revenue.

National honor is national property of the highest value.

[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places.

A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends.

If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy.

If it was wise, manly, and patriotic for us to establish a free government, it is equally wise to attend to the necessary means of its preservation.