Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs.

The constitution of the United States is the result of the collected wisdom of our country.

The cement of this union is in the heart blood of every American. I do not believe there is on earth a government established on so immovable a basis.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers (adminstrators) too plainly proves a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing us to slavery.

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.