Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse.

The trifling economy of paper, as a cheaper medium, or its convenience for transmission, weighs nothing in opposition to the advantages of the precious metals it is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted.

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it.

The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

Hemp is one of the greatest, most important substances of our nation