"It is therefore agreed between the said parties that in the event of any such obstructions happening it shall be lawful for such persons as---- ----shall designate to introduce into and transport thro..."
"Will such an article be proper?"
"It therefore appears to be important to form a secret article of a treaty similar to the one which accompanies this message."
"Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:"
"The ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was received by me last night."
"I therefore nominate M, de Poiery to be a captain by brevet."
"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy."
"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered... deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the ha..."
"There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness."
"To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country."
"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the Republican model of Government are justly considered... deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hand..."
"The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions."
"I cannot conceive a rank more honorable than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people—the purest source and original fountain of all power."
"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."
"My movements to the chair of Government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution."
"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government * * * whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights."
"A nation without a national government is, in my view, an awful spectacle."
