The federal government is our servant, not our master.

The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and resting on the will of the people.

Everyone must act according to the dictates of his own reason.

Never was so much false arithmetic employed on any subject, as that which has been employed to persuade nations that it is in their interest to go to war.

Not for ourselves alone, but for all humanity... Let us hasten to find the path that leads to liberty, safety, and peace for everyone.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it.