An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.

Our present condition is, Legislation without law; wisdom without a plan; a constitution without a name; and, what is strangely astonishing, perfect independence contending for dependence.

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.

The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.

Wisdom is not the purchase of a day