Power always sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon foi, believes itself right. Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.

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.

Whenever serious art loses track of its roots in the vernacular, then it begins to atrophy.

Negro slavery is an evil of colossal magnitude.

We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.