A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so will it be the latest, of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest.

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom, and happiness.

Bank-paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it belongs.

A Nation's best defense is an educated citizenry

A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.