The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.

The right of self-government does not comprehend the government of others.

No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever.

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.

Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it is with the family.

One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.

Truth can stand by itself...If there be but one right [religion], and [Christianity] that one, we should wish to see the nine hundred and ninety-nine wandering sects gathered into the fold of truth.