Preparation For War Is A

A Little Flattery Will Support A Man Through Great Fatigue.

There Is Every Reason To Believe That Our System Will Soon Attain The Highest Degree Of Perfection Of Which Human Institutions Are Capable.

At No Period Of Our Political Existence Had We So Much Cause To Felicitate Ourselves At The Prosperous And Happy Condition Of Our Country.

It Is Only When The People Become Ignorant And Corrupt, When They Degenerate Into A Populace, That They Are Incapable Of Exercising Their Sovereignty.

Peace Is The Best Time For Improvement And Preparation Of Every Kind; It Is In Peace That Our Commerce Flourishes Most, That Taxes Are Most Easily Paid, And That The Revenue Is Most Productive.