Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession.
The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance
The purpose of establishing different houses of legislation is to introduce the influence of different interests or different principles.
The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.
Each generation has a right to choose for itself the form of government it believes most promotive of its happiness.
A republic will avoid war unless the avoidance might create conditions that are worse than warfare itself. Sometimes, the dispositions of those who choose to make themselves our enemies leaves us no choice.