“Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.”

“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.”

“A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.”

“Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.”

“We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.”

“You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.”

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.”