The ability to produce every necessity of life renders us independent in war as well as in peace.

May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.

The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.

The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control.

It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.