The eyes of our citizens are not sufficiently open to the true cause of our distress. They ascribe them to everything but their true cause, the banking system

The Giver of life gave it for happiness and not for wretchedness.

A strong body makes the mind strong.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

I am a Christian in the only sense in which He wished anyone to be: sincerely attached to His doctrines in preference to all others.

Should [reformers] attempt more than the established habits of the people are ripe for, they may lose all and retard indefinitely the ultimate object of their aim.

The cutting of heads is become so much a la mode, that one is apt to feel of a morning whether their own is on their shoulders.