Zitat des Tages von Oliver Ellsworth:
It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array and support a military force for its own protection.
Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.