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Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.
The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God.