All men are created equal.

This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force.

No person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six.

The reflections that the boys of this age are to be the men of the next; that they should be prepared to receive the holy charge which we are cherishing to deliver over to them; that in establishing an institution of wisdom for them, we secure it to all our future generations; that in fulfilling this duty, we bring home to our own bosoms the sweet consolation of seeing our sons rising under a luminous tuition, to destinies of high promise; these are considerations which will occur to all.

But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.

Political interest [can] never be separated in the long run from moral right.

One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.