All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.
A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.