Philosophical argument has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that was in me but my heart has always assured me that the Gospel of Jesus Christ must be reality.

Converse, converse, CONVERSE, with living men, face to face, mind to mind-that is one of the best sources of knowledge.

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

The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.

Let us hold fast the great truth, that communities are responsible, as well as individuals; that no government is respectable which is not just. Without unspotted purity of public faith, without sacred public principle, fidelity, and honor, no machinery of laws, can give dignity to political society.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Employment gives health, sobriety, and morals.