Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands.

Man [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice.

This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force.

He wove those three threads into a talk ranging from annually spending a week at Halloween as a child collecting candy to giving candy to hundreds of children at Halloween as an adult; from childhood assistance he received from adults, particularly after his parents divorced, to saying I challenge you to be a caring adult in someone's life ... Great times call forth great leaders.

Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise, and the weather shall be little regarded. If the body is feeble, the mind will not be strong.

I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.

The introduction of so powerful an agent as steam [to a carriage on wheels] will make a great change in the situation of man.