Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.

Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils of misgovernment.

Never put off your massage until tomorrow if you can get it today.

Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.

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.

I have sworn upon the altar of god.

I'd rather have newspapers and no government than government and no newspapers.