John Jay

"Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed."

- John Jay

"The establishment of civil and religious liberty was the motive which induced me to the field."

- John Jay

"Those who own the country ought to govern it."

- John Jay

"No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent."

- John Jay

"This country and this people seem to have been made for each other."

- John Jay

"The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts."

- John Jay

"It is much to be wished that slavery may be abolished. The honour of the States, as well as justice and humanity, in my opinion, loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people. To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to others, involves an inconsistency not to be excused."

- John Jay