Of all knaves the religious knave is the worst.

In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers, you can make no calculation upon the termination of any debate.

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.

The revenue of the country, levied almost insensibly to the taxpayer, goes on from year to year, increasing beyond either the interests or the prospective wants of the Government.

It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me in your strength.