Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.

If we abide by the principles taught by the Bible, our country will go on prospering.

Corruption of morals is rapid enough in any country without a bounty from government. And...the Chief Magistrate of the United States should be the last man to accelerate its progress.

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

Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered.

Human beings will generally exercise power when they can get it, and they will exercise it most undoubtedly in popular governments under pretense of public safety.

There is something on earth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the earthquake has its power; but there is something among men more capable of shaking despotic thrones than lightning, whirlwind, or earthquake, and that is, the excited and aroused indignation of the whole civilized world.