Alexander Hamilton:
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?

Benjamin Banneker quotes

It is the indispensible duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who possess the obligations of Christianity, to extend their power and influence to the relief of every part of the human race from whatever burden or oppression they may unjustly labor under.
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The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.
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Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
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I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.
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Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.
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