The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated.

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.

The establishment of the chaplainship to Congress is a palpable violation of ... constitutional principles.

A just government has no need for the clergy or the church.

Some degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of everything.

The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people.

The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place.