There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

Our part is to pursue with steadiness what is right, turning neither to right nor left for the intrigues or popular delusions of the day, assured that the public approbation will in the end be with us.

Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.

Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical.

The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It had only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican.

The only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics.

I have now the gloomy prospect of retiring from office loaded with serious debts, which will materially affect the tranquility of my retirement.