In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do.

My custom is to read four or five chapters of the Bible every morning immediately after rising. It seems to me the most suitable manner of beginning the day. It is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue.

Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

Where annual elections end where slavery begins.

Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not yet been found to fail.

The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.