The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

In America, no other distinction between man and man had ever been known but that of persons in office exercising powers by authority of the laws, and private individuals. Among these last, the poorest laborer stood on equal ground with the wealthiest millionaire, and generally on a more favored one whenever their rights seem to jar.

I have been long sensible that while I was endeavoring to render our country the greatest of all services, that of regenerating the public education, and placing our rising generation on the level of our sister states (which they have proudly held heretofore), I was discharging the odious function of a physician pouring medicine down the throat of a patient insensible of needing it.

In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all.

When earth is rich it bids defiance to droughts, yields in abundance and of the best quality.

Traveling makes men wiser, but less happy.

Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils of misgovernment.