In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

Bless my family, kindred, friends and country, be our God and guide this day and forever for His sake, who lay down in the grave and arose again for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions.

It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act.

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing...is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it.

It is yet to be decided whether the Revolution must ultimately be considered as a blessing or a curse: a blessing or a curse, not to the present age alone, for with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.