When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

I think I stand where that man stands.

The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people.

The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.

If the American people could learn what I know of the fierce hatred of the priests of Rome against our institutions, our schools, our most sacred rights, and our so dearly bought liberties, they would drive them out as traitors.

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

I always remember the prayers of my mother as they always forever.