Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends

The government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers.

The plough is to the farmer what the wand is to the sorcerer. Its effect is really like sorcery.

I feel... an ardent desire to see knowledge so disseminated through the mass of mankind that it may, at length, reach even the extremes of society: beggars and kings.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

All authority belongs to the people.