Light has spread, and even bayonets think.
Bravery is often too sharp a spur.
The unspoken word never does harm.
My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.
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.
Let him who looks for a monument to Washington look around the United States. Your freedom, your independence, your national power, your prosperity, and your prodigious growth are a monument to him.