The law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code; it contained many statutes . . . of universal application-laws essential to the existence of men in society, and most of which have been enacted by every nation which ever professed any code of laws.

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

A stout heart, a clear conscience, and never despair.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

I would much rather be found guilty of making a serious mistake in judgment, than to be accused of being even a little bit insincere.

Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers.

The magistrate is the servant not of his own desires, not even of the people, but of his God