We ought to deprecate the hazard attending ardent and susceptible minds, from being too strongly, and too early prepossessed in favor of other political systems, before they are capable of appreciating their own.

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

It is to be lamented that great characters are seldom without a blot.

We can not guarantee success, we can strive to deserve it.

It is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws.