The cause of freedom is identified with the destinies of humanity, and in whatever part of the world it gains ground by and by, it will be a common gain to all those who desire it.

Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.

Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.

The tongue of man is powerful enough to render the ideas which the human intellect conceives; but in the realm of true and deep sentiments it is but a weak interpreter. These are inexpressible, like the endless glory of the Omnipotent.

I consider that it is on instruction and education that the future security and direction of the destiny of every nation chiefly and fundamentally rests.

To know a people's character, we must see it at its homes, and look chiefly to the humbler abodes where that portion of the people dwells which makes the broad basis of the national prosperity.

Liberty is a principle; its community is its security; exclusiveness is its doom.