The art of victory is learned in defeat.

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

The Ignorance the people live in leads them to commit mistakes against their own happiness

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

Is it conceivable that a newly emancipated people can soar to the heights of liberty, and, unlike Icarus, neither have its wings melt nor fall into an abyss? Such a marvel is inconceivable and without precedent. There is no reasonable probability to bolster our hopes.

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

Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.