Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Men, as well as rivers, grow crooked by following the path of least resistance.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.

Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.

A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate.

There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.

That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.

Christianity neither is nor ever was a part of the common law.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Paper is poverty, it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself.

Ridicule is the only weapon that can be used against unintelligible propositions.

What we learn to do, we learn by doing.

Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.

The only security of all is in a free press.

The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights