Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.
It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being.
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
