A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of science, useful at this day, may be taught in it's highest degrees.

The art of printing secures us against the retrogradation of reason and information.

To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It had only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican.

The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.