The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is practicable in a nation or not.

The freedom of the press should be inviolate.

From the day of the Declaration...they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of The Gospel, which they nearly all, acknowledge as the rules of their conduct.

The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency.

This mode of electioneering suited neither my taste nor my principles. I thought it equally unsuitable to my personal character and to the station in which I am placed.

Whoever tells the best story wins.

A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent...sacrificing his ease, and hazarding all in the cause of his country.