Treason is a matter of dates.
America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.
Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.
They wanted me to be a Washington.
Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself.
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.