I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.

It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

I deem it the duty of every man to devote a certain portion of his income for charitable purposes; and that it is his further duty to see it so applied and to do the most good for which it is capable.

A Nation's best defense is an educated citizenry

The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!