It is only after time has been given for a cool and deliberate reflection that the real voice of the people can be known |
It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world |
It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief. |
It is the peculiar boast of our country, that her happiness is alone dependent on the collective wisdom and virtue of her citizens, and rests not on the exertions of any individual |
It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. [Dec. 14, 1977] |
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it. |
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it. |
It's a complicated issue requiring careful analysis. |
It's not the way it was when I was growing up. Things have changed. |
Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness |
Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. |
Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals |
Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. |
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair |
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. |