The freedom of the press should be inviolate.

It is no slight testimonial, both to the merit and worth of Christianity, that in all ages since its promulgation the great mass of those who have risen to eminence by their profound wisdom and integrity have recognized and reverenced Jesus of Nazareth as the Son of the living God.

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

Our Constitution rests on the good sense and the respect of the American people.

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

Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day (the 4th of July)? Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior?.

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