My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.

Ignorance is a poor tool in a battle of wits.

Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers, the other by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.

Many are the exercises of power reserved to the States wherein a uniformity of proceeding would be advantageous to all. Such are quarantines, health laws, regulations of the press, banking institutions, training militia, etc., etc.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.