"Every tub must stand upon its bottom."

"Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the res…"

"We have a wretched motley crew, in the fleet; the marines the refuse of every regiment, and the seamen, few of them, ever wet with salt water."

"At the present moment the Empire is being attacked on all sides and in our isolation we must look to ourselves. We must draw closer our internal relations, the ties of sentiment, the ties of sympathy,…"

"I'm really concerned about the quality of education in the United States. I think it's going down, and I don't think we spend enough money on it. It's unhealthy for our society that we remove ourselve…"