Those Who Would Trade Safety

The Olive Tree Is Surely The Richest Gift Of Heaven. I Can Scarcely Expect Bread.

I Think Myself That We Have More Machinery Of Government Than Is Necessary, Too Many Parasites Living On The Labor Of The Industrious. Government Big Enough To Supply Everything You Need Is Big Enough To Take Everything You Have ... The Course Of History Shows That As A Government Grows, Liberty Decreases. The Two Enemies Of The People Are Criminals And Government, So Let Us Tie The Second Down With The Chains Of The Constitution So The Second Will Not Become The Legalized Version Of The First.

The Second Office In The Government Is Honorable And Easy; The First Is But A Splendid Misery.

I Steer My Bark With Hope In The Head, Leaving Fear Astern. My Hopes Indeed Sometimes Fail, But Not Oftener Than The Forebodings Of The Gloomy.

Peace With All Nations, And The Right Which That Gives Us With Respect To All Nations, Are Our Object.