America is rising with a giant's strength. Its bones are yet but cartilages.

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.

Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny.

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty.

Why then, if these new books for children must be retained, as they will be, should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book ?

Democracy, in its best state, is but the politics of Bedlam; while kept chained, its thoughts are frantic, but when it breaks loose, it kills the keeper, fires the building, and perishes.

The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.