That In Controversies Respecting Property, And In

Government Is, Or Ought To Be Instituted For The Common Benefit, Protection, And Security Of The People, Nation, Or Community; Of All The Various Modes And Forms Of Government, That Is Best Which Is Capable Of Producing The Greatest Degree Of Happiness And Safety, And Is Most Effectually Secured Against The Danger Of Maladministration.

The Epithets Of Parent And Child Have Been Long Applied To Great Britain And Her Colonies, [but] We Rarely See Anything From Your Side Of The Water Except The Authoritative Style Of A Master To A School-boy.

As Much As I Value An Union Of All The States, I Would Not Admit The Southern States Into The Union, Unless They Agreed To The Discontinuance Of This Disgraceful Trade, Because It Would Bring Weakness And Not Strength To The Union.

Happiness And Prosperity Are Now Within Our Reach; But To Attain And Preserve Them Must Depend Upon Our Own Wisdom And Virtue.

I Have Been For Some Time In Retirement, And Shall Not Probably Return Again To Public Life; Yet My Anxiety For My Country, In These Times Of Danger, Makes Me Sometimes Dabble A Little In Politicks, And Keep Up A Correspondence With Some Men Upon The Public Stage.