I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old.

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

A little rebellion is a good thing.

The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

The chief purpose of government is to protect life. Abandon that and you have abandoned all.

The true fountains of evidence [are] the head and heart of every rational and honest man. It is there nature has written her moral laws, and where every man may read them for himself.