Men as well as rivers grow crooked by following the path of least resistance.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

They are exactly the persons who are to succeed to the government of our country and to rule its future enmities, its friendships and fortunes.

I hope that we have not labored in vain, and that our experiment will still prove that men can be governed by reason.

Peace, that glorious moment in time when everyone stops and reloads.

If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption, indifferent and incapable of a wholesome care over so wide a spread of surface. This will not be borne, and you will have to choose between reform and revolution. If I know the spirit of this country, the one or the other is inevitable.

Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.