Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind.

As long as Property exists, it will accumulate in Individuals and Families. As long as Marriage exists, Knowledge, Property and Influence will accumulate in Families.

As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and the national acknowledgment of this truth is not only an indispensable duty which the people owe to Him.

We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!

A native of America who cannot read or write is . . . as rare as a comet or an earthquake.

The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.

Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination.