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.

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 man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.

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

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.

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