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.

No one has a right to obstruct another exercising his faculties innocently for the relief of sensibilities made a part of his nature.

We are here lounging our time away, doing nothing, and having nothing to do. It gives me great regret to be passing my time so uselessly when it could have been so importantly employed at home.

A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.

I am for relying for internal defense on our militia solely till actual invasion, and for such a naval force only as may protect our coasts and harbors from such depredations as we have experienced; and not for a standing army in time of peace which may overawe the public sentiment; nor for a navy which, by its own expenses and the eternal wars in which it will implicate us, will grind us with public burthens and sink us under them.

Courts love the people always, as wolves do the sheep.

Without virtue, happiness cannot be.