[F]alsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.

Error is to be pitied and pardoned: it is the weakness of human nature. But vice is a foul blemish, not pardonable in any character.

Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.

The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body. It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.

If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can.

[A] spirit of justice and friendly accomodation...is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations.