It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities,...
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
LIBERTY, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to it animosity or two its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead i...
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.
There might, Gentlemen, be an impropriety in my taking notice, in this Address to you, of an anonymous production, but the manner in which that performance has been introduced to the army, the effect...
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles the character of an "Honest Man."
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
I shall never ask never refuse nor ever resign an office.
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
Actions not words are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.