Men, to act with vigour and effect, must have time to mature measures, and judgment and experience, as to the best method of applying them. They must not be hurried on to their conclusions by the passions, or the fears of the multitude. They must deliberate, as well as resolve.

No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution.

A government, forever changing and changeable, is, indeed, in a state bordering upon anarchy and confusion.

Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of civil justice.

The real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but ... to prevent any national ecclesiastical establishment which should give to a hierarchy the exclusive patronage of the national government.

Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence.

The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.