"I think myself that we are over-governed, and that the best government is that which governs least."

"The people are the only censors of their governors: and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution."

"Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government."

"The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family."

"In every country where man is free to think and to speak, differences of opinion will arise from the differences of their perceptions."