"Take away the fetters—the business of society will go on—the States will be for ever in debt, and be for ever struggling with the embarrassments of a depreciating paper."

"The safety of the people is the supreme law."

"The art of war is the art of deception."

"It is not by a compliance with the importunities of the moment, but by a steady adherence to the true interests of the country, that we are to acquire a solid and permanent reputation."

"Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint."