It is, Sir, as I have said, a small College, And yet, there are those who love it.

Let our object be - our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. And by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument - not of oppression and terror, but of wisdom, of Peace, and of Liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

The freest government, if it could exist, would not be long acceptable, if the tendency of the laws were to create a rapid accumulation of property in a few hands, and to render the great mass of the population dependent and penniless.

The dignity of history consists in reciting events with truth and accuracy, and in presenting human agents and their actions in an interesting and instructive form. The first element in history, therefore, is truthfulness; and this truthfulness must be displayed in a concrete form.

When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.

If the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States.