"Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge."

"The unfortunate condition of the persons whose labour in part I employed has been the only unavoidable subject of regret."

"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."

"The unfortunate condition of the persons, whose labour in this Country has hitherto been applied to the culture of the earth, and the various branches of Mechanics, can only be ameliorated by a slow, …"

"The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations."