Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them in advance, they might find endless objections.

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens.

Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who, in the name of human freedom, and in the face of threats that have ripened into terrible realities since, fought that battle which placed you where you now stand.

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.

Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.

It is idle to await unanimity.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.