And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job.

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.