I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

The superiority of chocolate (hot chocolate), both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which it has in Spain.

I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.

Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to the truth.

Man is not made for the State but the State for man and it derives its just powers only from the consent of the governed.

From breakfast, or noon at the latest, to dinner, I am mostly on horseback, Attending to My Farm or other concerns, which I find healthful to my body, mind, and affairs.

Every generation needs a new revolution.