Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.

The attainment of knowledge is the high and exclusive attribute of man, among the numberless myriads of animated beings, inhabitants of the terrestrial globe. On him alone is bestowed, by the bounty of the Creator of the universe, the power and the capacity of acquiring knowledge. Knowledge is the attribute of his nature which at once enables him to improve his condition upon earth, and to prepare him for the enjoyment of a happier existence hereafter.

The freedom of the press should be inviolate.

[I believe in the] rebuilding of Judea as an independent nation.

The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy.

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

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.