Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to them.

An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.

The purse of the people is the real seat of sensibility. Let it be drawn upon largely, and they will then listen to truths which could not excite them through any other organ.

The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not expressed in direct terms, it is clearly the spirit of the Constitution, and it ought to be so commented and acted on by every friend of free government.

There is no habit you will value so much as that of walking far without fatigue.

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.