United we stand, divided we fall. Let us not split into factions which must destroy that union upon which our existence hangs.

The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.

My most cherished possession I wish I could leave you is my faith in Jesus Christ, for with Him and nothing else you can be happy, but without Him and with all else you'll never be happy.

That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of the conscience; and it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.

Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.

Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! – but there is no peace.

The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.