A stranger would think that the people of the United States had no other occupation than electioneering.

Of all persecuted sects, the Baptists stand forth as most prominent, simply and only because they aim at a more complete and thorough reform than any others ever attempted. They teach that Christ's kingdom is not of this world; that the church is not a national, political, or provincial establishment; but a congregation of holy men, separated from the world by the receiving of the Holy Spirit.

We understand now, we've been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.

[America's] glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield: but the motto upon her shield is Freedom, Independence, Peace. This has been her declaration: this has been, as far as her necessary intercourse with the rest of mankind would permit, her practice.

The gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster.

The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.

Life is a problem; mortal man was made to solve the solemn problem right or wrong.