No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one.

[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch of the same government.

As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers.

I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe.... They are nations of eternal war.

It's only merit was in being the first publication which carried the claim of our rights their whole length, and asserted that there was no rightful link of connection between us and England but that of being under the same king.

The constitution of the United States is the result of the collected wisdom of our country.

[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government.