Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be grateful, to be faithful to all engagements under all circumstances, to be open and generous, promoting in the long run even the interests of both

A government held together by the bands of reason only, requires much compromise of opinion.

Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens.

Victory and defeat are each of the same price.

The cutting of heads is become so much a la mode, that one is apt to feel of a morning whether their own is on their shoulders.

Specie [gold and silver coin] is the most perfect medium because it will preserve its own level; because, having intrinsic and universal value, it can never die in our hands, and it is the surest resource of reliance in time of war.