"Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential tha…"

"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God."

"I have always given it as my opinion that no terms should be made with a people who are so lost to every sense of honor and principle as to be capable of such barbarity."

"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."