The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

Of all the errors which can possibly be committed to the education of youth, that of sending them to Europe is the most fatal. I see [clearly] that no American should come to Europe under 30 years of age.

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, [then and only then will truth]prevail over fanaticism.

While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to all the people because civilization itself rests upon the soil.

It will take a thousand years for the frontier to reach the Pacific

The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.