"To preserve the freedom of the human mind then, and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the…"

"The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its wounds and restore it to a sound and healthy state."

"The earth belongs in usufruct to the living; that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it."

"The most successful war seldom pays for its losses."

"I do not know whether it is a greater proof of the wisdom or the folly of man, that he is so apt to be caught by the same bait, and to fall into the same snare, from generation to generation."