“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.”

“The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.”

“The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.”

“Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.”

“Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.”

“A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.”

“A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.”

“What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?”