Power must never be trusted without a check.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.

A taste for literature and a business turn, united in the same person, never fails to make a great man.

Politics are a labyrinth without a clue.

It is weakness rather than wickedness that renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited power.

Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.

The true source of our sufferings has been our timidity.

My God, This is a revolution! We have to offend someone!

Ideology is the science of idiots.

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

The destiny of America is to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to all men everywhere.

The foundations of national morality must be laid in private families.

He is too illiterate, unread, unlearned for his station and reputation.

Every problem is an opportunity in disguise.

When the legislature is corrupted, the people are undone.