Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

War is not the best engine for us to resort to; nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly managed, will be a better instrument for obliging the interested nations of Europe to treat us with justice.

Compulsion in religion is distinguished peculiarly from compulsion in every other thing. ...I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor.

God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.