I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.

I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other men's rights.

If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.

I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?

Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior ofcapital, and deserves muchthe higher consideration.