"I have always thought that the most important thing for a man is to be free, even if he is poor."

"The American is a man who is always trying to improve himself, and he is never satisfied with what he has."

"It is difficult to imagine how many of those who love liberty, and who sincerely desire it, are yet ready to give it up at the first alarm."

"I am not a man of systems, and I have no desire to be one."

"I do not know whether the Americans have a good or a bad government; but I know that they have a very strong government."