I join you therefore in branding as cowardly the idea that the human mind is incapable of further advances.

Our fellow-citizens think they have a right to full information, in a case of such great concernment to them. It is their sweat which is to earn all the expenses of the war, and their blood which is to flow in expiation of the causes of it.

Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs.

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless.