I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource.

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of the individuals.

Every society has a right to fix the fundamental principles of its association, and to say to all individuals, that if they contemplate pursuits beyond the limits of these principles and involving dangers which the society chooses to avoid, they must go somewhere else for their exercise; that we want no citizens, and still less ephemeral and pseudo-citizens, on such terms. We may exclude them from our territory, as we do persons infected with disease.

Yet the hour of emancipation is advancing ... this enterprise is for the young; for those who can follow it up, and bear it through to it's consummation. It shall have all my prayers, and these are the only weapons of an old man.

Earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers, diligently to attend divine services.

Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.

A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.