The natural state of mankind ... and I know that this is a controversial idea... is freedom... And the proof is the lengths to which a man, woman, or child will go to regain it once lost. He will break loose his chains. He will decimate his enemies. He will try and try and try again, against all odds, against all prejudices.

Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.

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

Whether to the nation or to the state, no service can be or ever will be rendered by a more able or a more faithful public servant.

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. Sir Anthony Hopkins portrayal of me was adequate. I do believe that my sideburns were of substantially higher quality, however.

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

The law is an artificial human construct, quite arbitrary, and of absolutely no use anywhere else but in a court of law!