There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

I hope and trust to meet you in Heaven, both white and black-both white and black.

Freemasonry is an establishment founded on the benevolent intention of extending and conferring mutual happiness upon the best and truest principles of moral life and social virtue.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer...form the great body of the people of the United States they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.

Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that...the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations.

Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.