The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.

Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us

Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor;-let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.