Instead of an aristocracy of wealth, of more harm and danger than benefit to society, to make an opening for the aristocracy of virtue and talent, which nature has wisely provided for the direction of the interests of society and scattered with equal hand through all its conditions, was deemed essential to a well-ordered republic.

It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest, and ourselves united.

Perseverance in object, though not by the most direct way, is often more laudable than perpetual changes, as often as the object shifts light.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character

If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter

for the present we may groupe the sciences into Professorships as follows, subject however to be changed according to the qualifications of the persons we may be able to engage.