"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the ha…"

"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it."

"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth, and the Son of Righteousness in triumph amongst all nations."

"I wished the craftsman 'had been a Quaker preacher before he had made the cups.'"

"I consider the War as over, and I am preparing to return to that domestic walk of life, in which I have been so long happy."