“I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.”
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I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.
He who knows best knows how little he knows.
Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.