I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fir...
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games...
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
Legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no l...
War is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.
Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it
To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense in which he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to h...
I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor.
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very fast.
The inquisition of public opinion overwhelms in practice the freedom asserted by the laws in theory.