All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
From James Madison
The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.
Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
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