It is the business of a virtuous clergyman to censure vice in every appearance of it.

Fear is the passion of slaves.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

Implements of war and subjugation are the last arguments to which kings resort.

You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever.

Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Beside, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of Nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.

Be of good courage, my son, and remember that the best men always make themselves.