It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.

The man who loves his country on its own account, and not merely for its trappings of interest or power, can never be divorced for it, can never refuse to come forward when he finds that she is engaged in dangers which he has the means of warding off.

Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.

The remaining revenue on the consumption of foreign luxuries to domestic comforts, being collected on our seaboard and frontiers only, and incorporated with the transactions of our mercantile citizens, it may be the pleasure and the pride of an American to ask, What farmer, what merchant, what laborer ever sees a tax gatherer of the United States?

never trust a man who won't accept that there is more than one way to spell a word Paraphrased

All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the way what is bad.

The best commentary on the principles of government which has ever been written.