May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.

It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.

The ability to produce every necessity of life renders us independent in war as well as in peace.

The law is the only sure protection of the weak, and the only efficient restraint upon the strong.

Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact - religion and politics should not be mingled.

The nourishment is palatable.

I am tolerant of all creeds. Yet if any sect suffered itself to be used for political objects I would meet it by political opposition. In my view church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact. Religion and politics should not be mingled.