Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches.
Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
If there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged.
I fear not, I see not reason for fear. In the end we will be the victors. For though at times the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the ember will never expire.
Whatever has a tendency to promote the civil intercourse of nations by an exchange of benefits is a subject as worthy of philosophy as of politics.