A government of laws, and not of men.
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.
Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
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