The bible fits man for life and prepares him for death

If the States were not left to leave the Union when their rights were interfered with, the government would have been National, but the Convention refused to baptize it by that name.

Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that

Power naturally and necessarily follows property.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

I believe that the Bible is to be understood and received in the plain and obvious meaning of its passages; for I cannot persuade myself that a book intended for the instruction and conversion of the whole world should cover its true meaning in any such mystery and doubt that none but critics and philosophers can discover it.

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