No nation is drunken where wine is cheap.

When I hear another express an opinion which is not mine, I say to myself, he has a right to his opinion, as I to mine. Why should I question it? His error does me no injury, and shall I become a Don Quixote, to bring all men by force of argument to one opinion? ...Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed to each and every citizen.

War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.

There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.

I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.