Health is worth more than learning.

The information of the people at large can alone make them the safe as they are the sole depositary of our political and religious freedom.

This formidable censor of the public functionaries [the press], by arraigning them at the tribunal of public opinion, produces reform peaceably, which must otherwise be done by revolution. It is also the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man and improving him as a rational, moral, and social being.

Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone.

The excellence of every government is its adaptation to the state of those to be governed by it.

To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse.

We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.