I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.

In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all.

I consider the doctrines of Jesus as delivered by himself to contain the outlines of the sublimest system of morality that has ever been taught but I hold in the most profound detestation and execration the corruptions of it which have been invented.

While prudence will endeavor to avoid this issue of war, bravery will prepare to meet it.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most agreeable to His will; a liberty deemed in other countries incompatible with good government and yet proved by our experience to be its best support.

The eyes of our citizens are not sufficiently open to the true cause of our distress. They ascribe them to everything but their true cause, the banking system