It is a melancholy truth, that a suppression of the press could not more completely deprive the nation of its benefits than is done by its abandoned prostitution to falsehood.

Everything is useful which contributes to fix the principles and practices of virtue.

The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate.

The ordinary affairs of a nation offer little difficulty to a person of any experience.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Dependence leads to subservience.

Government governed least is government governed best.