"A promise must never be broken."

"Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others."

"Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things."

"It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government."

"Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times."

"The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government."

"I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president."

"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison."