To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second.

Do not compare your material forces with those of the enemy. Spirit cannot be compared with matter. You are human beings, they are beasts. You are free, they are slaves.

Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves.

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.

It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.

A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.

Nations will march towards the apex of their greatness at the same pace as their education. Nations will soar if their education soars; they will regress if it regresses. Nations will fall and sink in darkness if education is corrupted or completely abandoned