I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our powers boundless.

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value of our existence.

Coffee - the favorite drink of the civilized world.

Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise.

It must be observed that our revenues are raised almost wholly on imported goods.

I may err in my measures, but never shall deflect from the intention to fortify the public liberty by every possible means, and to put it out of the power of the few to riot on the labors of the many.

By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves.