It is better to spread trust all around than to hand out money!

History has shown that at least one-half of every century is consumed in war.

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

Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of the people to put aside private interest for public good. The imperatives of virtue attached all sorts of desiderata to the republican citizen: simplicity, frugality, sobriety, simple manners, Christian benevolence, duty to the polity. Republics called on other virtues--spiritedness, courage--to protect the polity from external threats. Tyrants kept standing armies; republics relied on free yeomen, defending their own land.

The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of liberty and happiness...beyond the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy to do so. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries.

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

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