The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.

It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.

Corrupt influence is itself the perennial spring of all prodigality, and of all disorder; it loads us more than millions of debt; takes away vigor from our arms, wisdom from our councils, and every shadow of authority and credit from the most venerable parts of our constitution.