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

My stern chase after time is, to borrow a simile from Tom Paine, like the race of a man with a wooden leg after a horse.

America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

I want a warm and faithful friend, To cheer the adverse hour; Who ne'er to flatter will descend, Nor bend the knee to power,- A friend to chide me when I'm wrong, My inmost soul to see; And that my friendship prove as strong For him as his for me.

The attainment of knowledge is the high and exclusive attribute of man, among the numberless myriads of animated beings, inhabitants of the terrestrial globe. On him alone is bestowed, by the bounty of the Creator of the universe, the power and the capacity of acquiring knowledge. Knowledge is the attribute of his nature which at once enables him to improve his condition upon earth, and to prepare him for the enjoyment of a happier existence hereafter.

The Law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.