At No Period Of The Naval History

A Monarchy Is The Most Expensive Of All Forms Of Government, The Regal State Requiring A Costly Parade, And He Who Depends On His Own Power To Rule, Must Strengthen That Power By Bribing The Active And Enterprising Whom He Cannot Intimidate.

Slavery Is No More Sinful, By The Christian Code, Than It Is Sinful To Wear A Whole Coat, While Another Is In Tatters, To Eat A Better Meal Than A Neighbor, Or Otherwise To Enjoy Ease And Plenty, While Our Fellow Creatures Are Suffering And In Want.

The Disposition Of All Power Is To Abuses, Nor Does It At All Mend The Matter That Its Possessors Are A Majority.

It Is A Governing Principle Of Nature, That The Agency Which Can Produce Most Good, When Perverted From Its Proper Aim, Is Most Productive Of Evil.

I've Heard It Said That There Are Men Who Read In Books To Convince Themselves There Is A God. I Know Not But Man May So Deform His Works In The Settlements, As To Leave That Which Is So Clear In The Wilderness A Matter Of Doubt Among Traders And Priests.