Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

I leave the world and its affairs to the young and energetic, and resign myself to their care, of whom I have endeavored to take care when young.

The most effective means of preventing tyranny is to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large, and more especially to give them knowledge of those facts.

Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindred and tongues.

To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to definition.

Good wine is a necessity of life for me.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.