I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.

To Englishmen, life is a topic, not an activity.

Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness.

Is one of the fairest portions of the globe to remain in a state of nature, the haunt of a few wretched savages, when it seems destined by the Creator to give support to a large population and to be the seat of civilization?

The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.

The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting the sacred exercise of the lawmaking functions of their government.