A Little Flattery Will Support A Man

The Crime Of Ingratitude Has Not Yet Stained, And I Trust Never Will Stain, Our National Character. You Are Considered By Them As Not Only Having Rendered Important Service In Our Own Revolution, But As Being, On A More Extended Scale, The Friend Of Human Rights, And Able Advocate Of Public Liberty. To The Welfare Of Thomas Paine, The Americas Are Not, Nor Can They Be, Indifferent.

While We Assert For Ourselves A Freedom To Embrace, To Profess, And To Observe, The Religion Which We Believe To Be Of Divine Origin, We Cannot Deny An Equal Freedom To Them Whose Minds Have Not Yielded To The Evidence Which Has Convinced Us.

The Executive Is Charged Officially In The Departments Under It With The Disbursement Of The Public Money, And Is Responsible For The Faithful Application Of It To The Purposes For Which It Is Raised. The Legislature Is The Watchful Guardian Over The Public Purse. It Is Its Duty To See That The Disbursement Has Been Honestly Made.

A Little Flattery Will Support A Man Through Great Fatigue.

The Best Form Of Government Is That Which Is Most Likely To Prevent The Greatest Sum Of Evil.