I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
It is well to be independent also well not to be neutral.
My principles in respect of religious interest are two,--one is, that the Church shall not meddle with politics, and the government shall not meddle with religion.
Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.
Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.
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.