The brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.

The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.

Go to the Scriptures... the joyful promises it contains will be a balsam to all your troubles.

Men do not get up and do mischief, without there is someone in the head of it.

Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well. But when you get in debt you become a slave. Therefore I say to you never involve yourself in debt, and become no man's surety.

If congress has the right under the Constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to use themselves, not to be delegated to individuals or corporations.

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.