Liberty is a principle; its community is its security; exclusiveness is its doom.

It is chiefly in New York that I feel induced to urge this, because New York is, by innumerable ties, connected with Europe - more connected than several parts of Europe itself.

It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes.

Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.

My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

I am a man of peace, God knows how I love peace; but I hope I shall never be such a coward as to mistake oppression for peace.

It is well to be independent also well not to be neutral.