"It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really c…"

"I am a very bad economist."

"The only way to avoid war is to be prepared for it."

"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."

"I have been in this country a little too long to be deceived by the cry of liberty."