A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed to each and every citizen.

A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day.

The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.

We figure great careers aren't made. They're experienced.