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

The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.

In short I must confide in you to take such care of the men under you as an economical householder would of his own family, doingevery thing within himself as far as he can, and calling for as few supplies as possible. The less you depend for supplies from this quarter, the less you will be disappointed.

Trial by jury is part of the bright constellation which leads to peace, liberty and safety.

Experience has proved to us that a dollar of silver disappears for every dollar of paper emitted.

I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make.

We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities. Unmeddling with the affairs of other nations, we had hoped that our distance and our dispositions would have left us free, in the example and indulgence of peace with all the world.