Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations And Religions; whom we shall wellcome to a participation of all o...
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberati...
Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.
...do not spare any reasonable expense to come at early and true information; always recollecting, and bearing in mind, that vague and uncertain accounts of things [are]... more disturbing and dangero...
[death]...the abyss from where no traveler is permitted to return
War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.
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 better to be alone than in bad company.
In politics as in philosophy, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most others, is to be honest and just ourselves and to exact it from others, meddli...
Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.
To persevere in one's duty and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.