If You Wish To Avoid Foreign Collision,

The Arts Of Power And Its Minions Are The Same In All Countries And In All Ages. It Marks Its Victim; Denounces It; And Excites The Public Odium And The Public Hatred, To Conceal Its Own Abuses And Encroachments.

I Cannot Believe That The Killing Of 2,000 Englishmen At New Orleans Qualifies A Person For The Various Difficult And Complicated Duties Of The Presidency.

A Nation's Character Is The Sum Of Its Splendid Deeds; They Constitute One Common Patrimony, The Nation's Inheritance. They Awe Foreign Powers, They Arouse And Animate Our Own People.

The Measure Of The Wealth Of A Nation Is Indicated By The Measure Of Its Protection Of Its Industry; The Measure Of The Poverty Of A Nation Is Marked By The Degree In Which It Neglects And Abandons The Care Of Its Own Industry, Leaving It Exposed To The Action Of Foreign Powers.

Precedents Deliberately Established By Wise Men Are Entitled To Great Weight. They Are Evidence Of Truth, But Only Evidence...but A Solitary Precedent...which Has Never Been Reexamined, Cannot Be Conclusive.