Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.

Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man.

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty ... students perusal of the sacred volume will make us better citizens.

Never suppose that in any possible situation or under any circumstances that it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing however slightly so it may appear to you... Encourage all your virtuous dispositions, and exercise them whenever an opportunity arises, being assured that they will gain strength by exercise ... and that exercise will make them habitual.

I trust there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die a Unitarian.

God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.

For themselves they fought, for themselves they conquered, and for themselves alone they have they have right to hold.