Treason is the highest crime of a civil nature of which a man can be guilty.

Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion.

A national language is a band of national union.

The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws.

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.

Discipline our youth in early life in sound maxims of moral, political, and religious duties.

Dancing is an excellent amusement for young people, especially for those of sedentary occupations. Its excellence consists in exciting a cheerfulness of the mind, highly essential to health; in bracing the muscles of the body, and in producing copious perspiration.....The body must perspire, or must be out of order.