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

Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? If we fail to check the power of the judiciary, I predict that we will eventually live under judicial tyranny.

The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.

Were my soul trembling on the wing of eternity, were this hand freezing to death, were my voice choking with the last struggle, I would still, with the last gasp of that voice, implore you to remember the truth: God has given America to be free.

I shall act as I think my duty requires.

Hospitality invites to prayer before it checks credentials, welcomes to the table before administering the entrance exam.

Give me liberty or give me death.