We might have been a free and great people together.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.
The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights.
Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.
The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.