[The Bible] is the rock on which our Republic rests.

I am now eased in my finances and replenished in my wardrobe.

I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn't have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.

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

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

I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.

There goes a man made by the Lord Almighty and not by his tailor.