We exist, and are quoted, as standing proofs that a government, so modeled as to rest continually on the will of the whole society, is a practicable government.

I am... for freedom of the press, and against all violations of the Constitution to silence by force and not by reason the complaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of our citizens against the conduct of their agents.

music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

But whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in understanding, he was not therefore lord of the person or property of others. On this subject they are gaining daily in the opinions of nations, and hopeful advances are making towards their re- establishment on an equal footing with the other colors of the human family.

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

The further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism.