The example of changing a constitution by assembling the wise men of the state, instead of assembling armies, will be worth as much to the world as the former examples we had give them. The constitution, too, which was the result of our deliberation, is unquestionably the wisest ever yet presented to men.

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.

The first object of human association [is] the full improvement of their condition.

I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance.

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.

We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.

A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.