Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.

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.

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them, when they are invaded.

I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

I have no wealthy or popular relations to recommend me.

Honor is better than honors.