Founder’s Quote

“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.” —James Madison (1787)

“Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, […]

“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men […]

“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” —Alexander Hamilton […]