I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.

The Constitution is ...the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen

The government of the United States of America has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

I drink no cider, but feast on Philadelphia beer.