The more acquisitions the government makes abroad, the more taxes the people have to pay at home.

There is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.

Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!

Government is best which governs least

The representative system of government is calculated to produce the wisest laws, by collecting wisdom where it can be found.

The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is that of attempting them before the principles on which they proceed, and the advantages to result from them, are sufficiently seen and understood.

Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.