Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet.

A representative form of government rests nor more on political contributions than on those laws which regulate the descent and transmission of property.

Justice is the great interest of man on earth.

A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness.

The Sermon on the Mount cannot be a merely human production. This belief enters into the very depth of my conscience. The whole history of man proves it.

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.

Employment gives health, sobriety, and morals.