The Ignorance the people live in leads them to commit mistakes against their own happiness
Out of the most secure things, the most secure is to doubt.
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.
The freedom of the New World is the hope of the Universe.
God grants victory to perseverance.
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.