We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency. We expected to encounter many wants and distressed… we must bear the present evils and fortitude…

No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.

Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.

Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.

[Death] … the abyss from where no traveler is permitted to return.

It is absolutely necessary… for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.

99% percent of failures are the ones who make excuses.

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

Wherein you reprove another be unblameable yourself, for example is more prevalent than precepts.

Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.

I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.

George Washington famously warned against … ‘ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.