We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

Men possessing minds of the first order and who have had opportunities of being known and of acquiring the general confidence do not abound in any country beyond the wants of the country.

Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.

The most effective means of preventing tyranny is to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large, and more especially to give them knowledge of those facts.

May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.

I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families.