A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

We are completely saddled and bridled, and... the bank is so firmly mounted on us that we must go where it will guide.

I pledge undying hostility to any government restrictions on the free minds of the people.

The expedition of Messrs. Lewis & Clarke for exploring the river Missouri, & the best communication from that to the Pacific ocean, has had all the success which could have been expected.

By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves.

All... natural rights may be abridged or modified in [their] exercise by law.

God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.