Free men do not ask permission to bear arms

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union.

Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war.

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong.

Aristocrats fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the higher classes of society.