The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing.

The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us. we ought, for so dear a stake, to sacrifice every attachment & every enmity.

Having labored faithfully in establishing the right of self-government, we see in the rising generation, into whose hands it is passing, that purity of principle and energy of character which will protect and preserve it through their day, and deliver it over to their sons as they receive it from their fathers.

I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.

The olive tree is surely the richest gift of Heaven. I can scarcely expect bread.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.