If the States were not left to leave the Union when their rights were interfered with, the government would have been National, but the Convention refused to baptize it by that name.

No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

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

All creeds are fallible and uncertain evidences of evangelical piety.

The dignity of history consists in reciting events with truth and accuracy, and in presenting human agents and their actions in an interesting and instructive form. The first element in history, therefore, is truthfulness; and this truthfulness must be displayed in a concrete form.

Liberty consists in wholesome restraint

There is always room at the top.