The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights.

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.

I deplore with you the putrid state into which our newspapers have passed, and the malignity, the vulgarity, and mendacious spirit of those who write for them. ... This has in a great degree been produced by the violence and malignity of party spirit.

There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under protection of habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.

If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.

If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.