Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.

The Governor would serve a five-year term and be ineligible for reelection.

The more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained.

If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.