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

Those who take oaths to politically powerful secret societies cannot be depended on for loyalty to a democratic republic.

The extremes of opulence and of want are more remarkable, and more constantly obvious, in [Great Britain] than in any other place that I ever saw.

A gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent...sacrificing his ease, and hazarding all in the cause of his country.

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.

Where annual elections end where slavery begins.

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