The great object is that every man be armed.
The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union.
It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, till she transforms us into beasts.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.
There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.