"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."
"If it is believed that these elementary schools will be better managed by the governor and council or any other general authority of the government, than by the parents within each ward, it is a belief against all experience."
"Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."
"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."