"The greatest good we can do our country is to conquer the spirit of party."

"To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones."

"The liberties of a nation can be sure only when there is a firm conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God."

"If we mean to support the liberty and independence which we have so gloriously struggled for, we must be more virtuous and become more industrious."

"I am sensible that I am not without my faults; but I am conscious of an honest intention."