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

God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.

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.

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. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our revolution. They existed before.

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

The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control.