“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
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A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.
War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.