Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.

The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary.

The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.

A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they merit; are the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty.

I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing governments by human wisdom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.