That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrepect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.

The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point.

My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen out.

I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never espouse their quarrels on either side. My sincere wish is that both sides will allow bygones to be bygones, and look to the present & future only.

If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other.

We seek not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow those who would prevert it.

And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.