When earth is rich it bids defiance to droughts, yields in abundance and of the best quality.

It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

Many are the exercises of power reserved to the States wherein a uniformity of proceeding would be advantageous to all. Such are quarantines, health laws, regulations of the press, banking institutions, training militia, etc., etc.

I believe we may lessen the danger of buying and selling votes, by making the number of voters too great for any means of purchase. I may further say that I have not observed men's honesty to increase with their riches.

The constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruption's of time and party, its members would become despots.

Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.