I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.

If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.

There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.

Well-reported news is a public good; bad news is bad for everyone.