It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.

... the benefit arising from moderate use of strong Liquor have been experienced in all Armies, and are not to be disputed.

We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. In this enlightened Age and in this Land of equal liberty it is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest Offices that are known in the United States.

When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.

The thinking part of mankind do not form their judgment from events; and their equity will ever attach equal glory to those actions which deserve success, and those which have been crowned with it.

There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.

Speak not evil of the absent for it is unjust.