I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

No person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six.

In short I must confide in you to take such care of the men under you as an economical householder would of his own family, doingevery thing within himself as far as he can, and calling for as few supplies as possible. The less you depend for supplies from this quarter, the less you will be disappointed.

During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and science are deeply to be regretted, inasmuch as they tend to lessen its usefulness and to sap its safety.

Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

A cold-blooded, calculation, unprincipled, usurper, without a virtue, no statesman, knowing nothing of commerce, political economy, or civil government, and supplying ignorance by bold presumption.