Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

I regard it (the Constitution) as the work of the purest patriots and wisest statesman that ever existed, aided by the smiles of a benign Providence; it almost appears a "Divine interposition in our behalf... the hand that destroys our Constitution rends our Union asunder forever.

If God and His Word are not known and received, the devil and his works will gain the ascendency; if the evangelical volume does not reach every hamlet, the pages of a corrupt and licentious literature will.

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

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.