Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?

We are here lounging our time away, doing nothing, and having nothing to do. It gives me great regret to be passing my time so uselessly when it could have been so importantly employed at home.

It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead.

I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers (adminstrators) too plainly proves a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing us to slavery.

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.

We are the friends of liberty everywhere, but the guarrantors of only our own.