Our Constitution rests on the good sense and the respect of the American people.

The first and almost the only Book deserving of universal attention is the Bible.

Whenever vanity and gaiety, a love of pomp and dress, furniture, equipage, buildings, great company, expensive diversions, and elegant entertainments get the better of the principles and judgments of men and women, there is no knowing where they will stop, nor into what evils, natural, moral, or political, they will lead us.

No book in the world deserves to be so unceasingly studied, and so profoundly meditated upon as the Bible.

And may that Being who is supreme over all, the Patron of order, the Fountain of justice, and the Protector, in all ages of the world, of virtuous liberty, continue His blessing upon this nation and its government, and give it all possible success and duration, consistent with the ends of His providence.

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

Individual liberty is individual power.