To Be Good, And To Do Good,

To Believe All Men Honest Is Folly. To Believe None Is Something Worse.

Government Is Nothing More Than The Combined Force Of Society, Or The United Power Of The Multitude, For The Peace, Order, Safety, Good And Happiness Of The People.

The Constitution Is ...the Greatest Single Effort Of National Deliberation That The World Has Ever Seen

I Had Heard My Father Say That He Never Knew A Piece Of Land Run Away Or Break.

Public Virtue Cannot Exist In A Nation Without Private, And Public Virtue Is The Only Foundation Of Republics. There Must Be A Positive Passion For The Public Good, The Public Interest, Honour, Power And Glory, Established In The Minds Of The People, Or There Can Be No Republican Government, Nor Any Real Liberty: And This Public Passion Must Be Superiour To All Private Passions.