I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom.

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.

I am for freedom of religion and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another

Freedom, the first-born of science.

All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.

I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.