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

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

There is something about men more capable of shaking despotic power than lightening, whirlwind, or earthquake, that is, the threatened indignation of the whole civilized world.

The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.

Thank God, I also am an American!

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.