All I am I owe to my mother.

It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.

At this auspicious period, the United States came into existence as a Nation; and if their Citizens should not be completely free and happy, the fault will be entirely their own.

Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first arrangement of the Judicial department as essential to the happiness of our Country, and to the stability of its political system.

The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.