5 quotes found
“I read my eyes out and can't read half enough...the more one reads the more one sees we have to read.”
“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”
“Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.”
“Daughter! Get you an honest Man for a Husband, and keep him honest. No matter whether he is rich, provided he be independent. Regard the Honour and moral Character of the Man more than all other Ci...”
“The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, a...”