And May That Being Who Is Supreme

The Sermon On The Mount Commands Me To Lay Up For Myself Treasures, Not Upon Earth, But In Heaven. My Hopes Of A Future Life Are All Founded Upon The Gospel Of Christ.

The Political System Of The United States Is Essentially Extra-european. To Stand In Firm And Cautious Independence Of All Entanglement In The European System Has Been A Cardinal Point Of Their Policy Under Every Administration Of Their Government From The Peace Of 1783 To This Day...every Year's Experience Rivets It More Deeply In The Principles And Opinions Of The Nation.

The Public History Of All Countries, And All Ages, Is But A Sort Of Mask, Richly Colored. The Interior Working Of The Machinery Must Be Foul.

To Preserve, To Improve, And To Perpetuate The Sources And To Direct In Their Most Effective Channels The Streams Which Contribute To The Public Weal Is The Purpose For Which Government Was Instituted.

The Extremes Of Opulence And Of Want Are More Remarkable, And More Constantly Obvious, In [great Britain] Than In Any Other Place That I Ever Saw.