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

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

We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land - nor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. That chart is the Constitution.

The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions

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

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.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.