Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than t...hat of blind-folded fear.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is not a single crowned head in Europe whose talents or merit would entitle him to be elected a vestryman by the people of a...ny parish in America.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I sincerely believe ... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending mo...ney to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a N...ewton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of Stat...es. The control which, with Florida, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Amplification is the vice of modern oratory. It is an insult to an assembly of reasonable men, disgusting and revolting instead of... persuading. Speeches measured by the hour, die by the hour.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Relying ... on the patronage of your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become ...sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »