Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.

Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government.

Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

There is no King, who, with sufficient force, is not always ready to make himself absolute.

The reward of esteem, respect and gratitude [is] due to those who devote their time and efforts to render the youths of every successive age fit governors for the next.

Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value of our existence.