Do not adopt the best system of government, but the one most likely to succeed.

It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.

Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth?

God grants victory to perseverance.

The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.

Among the popular and representative systems of government I do not approve of the federal system: it is too perfect; and it requires virtues and political talents much superior to our own.

The freedom of the New World is the hope of the Universe.