"The United States is a nation of shopkeepers, not of soldiers."

"If my death contributes to the cessation of parties and the consolidation of the Union, I shall descend to the tomb with tranquility."

"The freedom of the New World is the hope of the universe."

"A people ignorant is a blind instrument of its own destruction."

"I have no other ambition than to be a simple citizen. I want to live in peace and die in my bed."