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Since the death of my father four years ago, our lives have become difficult, and I must help my family.
Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.
..the establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive that induced me to the field of battle.
Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
Take care of the waste on the farm and turn it into useful channels’ should be the slogan of every farmer.
The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principle of private morality.
We must take care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture.
Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.
History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.
I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery.
It's only natural for unbridled partisanship, unrestrained by allegiance to a greater cause, to lead to chaos.
[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one.
Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.
When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.
To stand well in the estimation of one's country is a happiness that no rational creature can be insensible of.
Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just.
A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.
An aching head and trembling limbs, which are the inevitable effects of drinking, disincline the hands from work.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
From thinking proceeds speaking; thence to acting is often but a single step. But how irrevocable and tremendous!
I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake.
Extensive powers not exercised as far as was necessary have, I believe, scarcely ever failed to ruin the possessor.
There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.
The consciousness of having discharged that duty which we owe to our country is superior to all other considerations.
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature.
A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
I go to the chair of government with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
It is not the mere study of the Law, but to become eminent in the profession of it, which is to yield honor and profit.
I only wish, while I am a servant of the public, to know the will of my masters, that I may govern my self accordingly.
I am principled against this kind of traffic in the human species . . . and to disperse the families I have an aversion.
Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.
I dare say the men would fight very well if properly officered, although they are an exceedingly dirty and nasty people.
In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a time.
Liberty, when it degrades into licentiousness, begets confusion, and frequently ends in tyranny or some woeful confusion.
Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth.
A natural parent has only two things principally to consider, the improvement of his son, and the finances to do it with.
My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready.
Thirteen sovereignties pulling against each other and all tugging at the federal head, will soon bring ruin on the whole.
To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression.