The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.
A hundred thousand men, coming one after another, cannot move a Ton weight; but the united strength of 50 would transport it with ease.
I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
It’s only natural for unbridled partisanship, unrestrained by allegiance to a greater cause, to lead to chaos.
I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.
To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.
The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.
I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.
All I am, I owe to my mother.
There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.
I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
The Arts and Sciences, essential to the prosperity of the State and to the ornament of human life, have a primary claim to the encouragement of every lover of his country and mankind.
The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.
Almighty and eternal Lord God, the great Creator of heaven and earth, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; look down from heaven in pity and compassion upon me thy servant, who humbly prostrate myself before thee.
Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere.
Laws or ordinances unobserved, or partially attended to, had better never have been made.
It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one’s life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils.
While just government protects all in their religious rites, true religion affords government its surest support.