If the happiness of the mass of mankind can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or even of a little blood, it will be a precious purchase.

They are exactly the persons who are to succeed to the government of our country and to rule its future enmities, its friendships and fortunes.

The same facts impress us differently.

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

we defer therefore till this time twelve month to avail ourselves of the instruction of that place, and particularly of your kindness in the two branches of Botany and Natural history to which we wish him particularly to apply.

Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous. . . .

The difficulty is no longer to find candidates for the offices, but offices for the candidates.