To such men I shall cheerfully yield the palm of genius and talents to serve our common country.
None can serve it with purer intentions than I have done or with a more disinterested zeal.
The foundation of our national policy will be laid on the solid basis of the people's will.
Nothing is more important than preserving the freedom and rights of individuals.
I hope that I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an hone...
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
Nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, sho...
Those who have been blessed with the privileges of education should be the guardians of those privileges for the benefit of all.
The duty of holding a neutral conduct may be inferred, without any thing more, from the obligation which justice and humanity impose on ever...
The integrity of the government is essential to the welfare of the people.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
The strength of a nation lies in the unity and integrity of its people.
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 ma...
Each citizen must contribute to the common defense, which is the foundation of our security.
Those who are well informed about their rights and duties make the best citizens.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
