. . . in the full tide of successful experiment.

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

[A]lthough a republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

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.

If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong.

Ministers and merchants love nobody.

The only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics.