The power of making war often prevents it.

The present generation has the same right of self-government which the past one has exercised for itself.

I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families.

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among general bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.

God has formed us moral agents... that we may promote the happiness of those with whom He has placed us in society, by acting honestly towards all, benevolently to those who fall within our way, respecting sacredly their rights, bodily and mental, and cherishing especially their freedom of conscience, as we value our own.

A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army. We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.