If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.

The contest is not between us and them, but between good and evil, and if those who would fight evil adopt the ways of evil, evil wins.

I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.

Man is not made for the State but the State for man and it derives its just powers only from the consent of the governed.

A true patriot will defend his country from its government.