I consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for public service.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

I drink no cider, but feast on Philadelphia beer.

Farther I could find it in my heart to wish that you had been at the head of a hundred thousand Israelites . . . & marching with them into Judea & making a conquest of that country & restoring your nation to the dominion of it. For I really wish the Jews again in Judea an independent nation.

July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.

The form of government which you admire, when its principles are pure is admirable indeed. It is productive of every Thing which is great and excellent among men. But its principles are as easily destroyed as human nature is corrupted. Such a government is only to be supported by pure religion or Austere morals.

They worry one another like mastiffs, scrambling for rank and pay like apes for nuts.