To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second.
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.
Morals and lights are our first necessities.
In the unity of our nations rests the glorious future of our peoples.
A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.
The freedom of the New World is the hope of the Universe.