No one, I hope, can doubt my wish to see... all mankind exercising self-government, and capable of exercising it. But the question is not what we wish, but what is practicable.

Blest is that nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say.

Easter was when they nailed Him to the cross. And He never said a mumbling word.

There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.

The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The sheep are happier of themselves, than under the care of wolves.