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.

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

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?

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