I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
All true wisdom is found on T-shirts.
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
Reputation is like fine china: Once broken it's very hard to repair.
We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown.
I have had so many evidences of [God's] direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than my own will, that I cannot doubt that this power comes from above.