The government you elect is the government you deserve.

From the dissensions among Sects themselves arise necessarily a right of choosing and necessity of deliberating to which we will conform. But if we choose for ourselves, we must allow others to choose also, and so reciprocally, this establishes religious liberty.

I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.

Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.

... the common law existed while the Anglo-Saxons were yet pagans, at a time when they had never yet heard the name of Christ pronounced or knew that such a character existed.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The merchants will manage [commerce] the better, the more they are left free to manage for themselves.