"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the ha…"

"I am sensible that I am not without my faults; but I am conscious of an honest intention."

"It is not the lowest but the highest price that makes a thing cheap."

"Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth."

"The power of the people is stronger than the people in power."