Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

Thomas Paine needs no monument made with hands; he has erected a monument in the hearts of all lovers of liberty.

No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.

There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and a friend to her foe

This spirit of mob-law is becoming as great an evil as a servile war.

When death comes, he respects neither age nor merit. He sweeps from the earthly existence the sick and the strong, the rich and the poor, and should teach us to live to be prepared for death.