"Our government is not copied from those of our neighbors: we are an example to them rather than they to us."

"We do not get into a state with our next-door neighbour if he enjoys himself in his own way, nor do we shoot him the kind of black looks which, though they do no real harm, still vex an honest man. We…"

"For the love of honor is the only thing that does not grow old."

"For what you hold is, to speak somewhat plainly, a tyranny; to take it perhaps was wrong, but to let it go is unsafe."

"The admiration of the present and succeeding ages will be ours, since we have not shrunk from any toil or danger."