"The present generation will reap the benefits of the revolution, but the future generations will be the most benefited."

"Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it."

"My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."

"A nation has not to seek for a government, but to form one."

"To say that any People are not fit for Freedom, is to make the same excuse which every Tyrant has used for his Tyranny."