"It is a principle of liberty that the people have a right to choose the form of government under which they will live."

"The erection of a new empire, on the ruins of a former, is an arduous undertaking."

"War, like other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perseverance, by time, and by practice."

"I am a man of strong passions."

"Power, when it is abused, is of all things the most odious and detestable."