Slavery is a foul contagion in the human character.

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics.

Riches attract attention, consideration, and congratulations of mankind.

In politics the middle way is none at all.

The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or a Mohammedan nation.

Men must be ready, they must pride themselves and be happy to sacrifice their private pleasures, passions and interests, nay, their private friendships and dearest connections, when they stand in competition with the rights of society.

Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.