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 art of victory is learned in defeat.
Legislators could certainly do with a school of morals.
Our hatred knows no bounds, and the war shall be to the death.
The freedom of the New World is the hope of the Universe.
Let the entire system of government be strengthened, and let the balance of power be drawn up in such a manner that it will be permanent and incapable of decay because of its own tenuity.