What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable.

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

Employment gives health, sobriety, and morals.

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Lastly, our ancestors established their system of government on morality and religious sentiment. Moral habits, they believed, cannot safely be trusted on any other foundation than religious principle, nor any government be secure which is not supported by moral habits.... Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

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

If all my talents and powers were to be taken from me by some unscrutable Providence, and I had my choice of keeping but one, I would unhesitatingly ask for be allowed to keep the Power of Speaking, for through it I would quickly recover all the rest.