To expect an author to talk as he writes is ridiculous; or even if he did you would find fault with him as a pedant.
The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to children, even when quite young.
But while property is considered as the basis of the freedom of the American yeomanry, there are other auxiliary supports; among which is the information of the people. In no country, is education so general - in no country, have the body of the people such a knowledge of the rights of men and the principles of government. This knowledge, joined with a keen sense of liberty and a watchful jealousy, will guard our constitutions and awaken the people to an instantaneous resistance of encroachments.
The man who has half a million of dollars in property. . . has a much higher interest in the government, than the man who has little or no property.
The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.
Why not include a provision that everybody shall, in good weather, hunt on his own land and catch fish in rivers that are public property and that Congress shall never restrain any inhabitant of America from eating and drinking, at seasonable times, or prevent his lying on his left side, in a long winter's night, or even on his back, when he is fatigued by lying on his right.
The education of youth, an employment of more consequence than making laws and preaching the gospel, because it lays the foundation on which both law and gospel rest for success.
In insecure relationships, we disguise our vulnerabilities so our partner never really sees us.
In Job and the Psalms we shall find more sublime ideas, more elevated language, than in any of the heathen versifiers of Greece or Rome.
Granted, this system is insane, but we must not let sanity stand in the way of airport security.
What takes more guts? To fight for your own life at any cost—or prove that you're willing to lose it?