Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under protection of habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.

Although we are free by the law, we are not so in practice.

We act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can be trusted with self - government.

Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.

I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.