Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe. And to the same Divine Author of every good and perfect gift we are indebted for all those privileges and advantages, religious as well as civil, which are so richly enjoyed in this favored land.

The liberty, prosperity, and the happiness of our country will always be the object of my most fervent prayers to the Supreme Author of All Good.

In a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance!

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

While we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe, the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to them whose minds have not yielded to the evidence which has convinced us.

The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination.