The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.

It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.

No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa & America.

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county, to consist of a few well-chosen books, to be lent to the people of the country under regulations as would secure their safe return in due time.