Every society has a right to fix the fundamental principles of its association, and to say to all individuals, that if they contemplate pursuits beyond the limits of these principles and involving dangers which the society chooses to avoid, they must go somewhere else for their exercise; that we want no citizens, and still less ephemeral and pseudo-citizens, on such terms. We may exclude them from our territory, as we do persons infected with disease.

Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise, in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

A Nation's best defense is an educated citizenry

We will be soldiers, so our sons may be farmers, so their sons may be artists

Those who bear equally the burthens of Government should equally participate of its benefits.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.