If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.

It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.

Philosophical argument has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that was in me but my heart has always assured me that the Gospel of Jesus Christ must be reality.

This is the Book. I have read the Bible through many times, and now make it a practice to read it through once every year. It is a book of all others for lawyers, as well as divines; and I pity the man who cannot find in it a rich supply of thought and of rules for conduct. It fits man for life--it prepares him for death.

The bible fits man for life and prepares him for death

Now is the time when men work quietly in the fields and women weep softly in the kitchen; the legislature is in session and no man's property is safe.