If virtuous, the government need not fear the fair operation of attack and defense. Nature has given to man no other means of sifting the truth, either in religion, law, or politics.

An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.

Health, learning and virtue will ensure your happiness; they will give you a quiet conscience, private esteem and public honour.

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.

Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.

No one, I hope, can doubt my wish to see... all mankind exercising self-government, and capable of exercising it. But the question is not what we wish, but what is practicable.

A Nation's best defense is an educated citizenry