"We are lovers of the beautiful, yet with economy."

"We throw open our city to the world, and never by alien acts exclude foreigners from any opportunity of learning or observing, although the eyes of an enemy may occasionally profit by our liberality; …"

"Our government is not copied from those of our neighbors: we are an example to them rather than they to us."

"For what is honored is that which is useful."

"For we are a democracy, and our laws are equal to all alike in their private disputes, but in public, we are ruled by the will of the majority."