Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.

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

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.

God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, till we can get rid of it without destroying the last hope of free government in the world.

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

Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.

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