Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint; the more restraint on others to keep off from us, the more liberty we have.

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

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.

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

Nothing will ruin the country if the people themselves will' undertake its safety, and nothing can save it, if they leave that safety in any hands but their own.

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

I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston and Concord and Lexington and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.