Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that is good.
The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.
The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
The Constitution is the guide which I will never abandon.
Observe good faith and justice towards all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.
It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.
I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
My first wish is to see this plague to mankind banished from off the Earth, and the sons and Daughters of this world employed in more pleasing and innocent amusements, than in preparing implements, and exercising them for the destruction of mankind.
I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one’s life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die.
I have begun to have a single eye to my own duty and to public happiness.
I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman’s cares.
The happiness of Society is the end of Government.
A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined.
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence.
Good wine is a necessity of life for me.
I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
America abounds in the precious metals.
I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally staked on welfare entrusted to the hands of the American people.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
The Constitution is the guide which I will never abandon.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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