Private enterprise manages so much better all the concerns to which it is equal.

The cement of this union is in the heart blood of every American. I do not believe there is on earth a government established on so immovable a basis.

Never suppose that in any possible situation or under any circumstances that it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing however slightly so it may appear to you... Encourage all your virtuous dispositions, and exercise them whenever an opportunity arises, being assured that they will gain strength by exercise ... and that exercise will make them habitual.

Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission.

Do not write me studied letters but ramble as you please.

Bind them down by the chains of the Constitution where they can do no mischief.

We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that.