It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
A government that governs least is best.
Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
Those who are well informed about their rights and duties make the best citizens.
Each citizen must contribute to the common defense, which is the foundation of our security.
Nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, sho...
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...
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
A nation that values its freedom must also value its education and its institutions.