There is something very unnatural and odious in a government a thousand leagues off. A whole government of our own choice, managed by persons whom we love, revere, and can confide in, has charms in it for which men will fight.

Education makes a greater difference between man and man than nature has made between man and brute.

We are in the the very midst of a revolution, the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

There never was yet a people who must not have somebody or something to represent the dignity of the state.

To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.

The whole drama of the world is such tragedy that I am weary of the spectacle.