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

"My life has been a scene of constant drudgery and toil; I have no property, and no prospect of acquiring any."

"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."

"It is a truth, which has been taught by the experience of all ages, that the people are too apt to be led astray by the arts of popular demagogues."

"All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born, the other the mass of the people."