It is unpleasant to see character throw itself away.

Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.

I would give worlds, if I had them, if The Age of Reason had never been published. O Lord, help! Stay with me! It is hell to be left alone.

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

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

To possess ourselves of a clear idea of what government is, or ought to be, we must trace it to its origin.

When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.