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

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.

I see no comfort in outliving one's friends, and remaining a mere monument of the times which are past.

In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent.

Power is not alluring to pure minds.

And even should the cloud of barbarism and despotism again obscure the science and libraries of Europe, this country remains to preserve and restore light and liberty to them.

A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.