The period of debate is closed. Arms, as a last resource, must decide the contest.

He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird.

Mingling religion with politics may be disavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America.

What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue.

...for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

The intellectual part of religion is a private affair between every man and his Maker, and in which no third party has any right to interfere. The practical part consists in our doing good to each other. But since religion has been made into a trade, the practical part has been made to consist of ceremonies performed by men called priests ... By devices of this kind true religion has been banished, and such means have been found out to extract money, even from the pockets of the poor, instead of contributing to their relief.

No nation ought to be without a debt. A national debt is a national bond; and when it bears no interest, is in no case a grievance.