God grants victory to perseverance.
The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.
He who serves a revolution ploughs a sea.
War lives on despotism and is not waged with God's love.
In the unity of our nations rests the glorious future of our peoples.
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.