The people of America are a people of property; almost every man is a freeholder.

If there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged.

The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

The story of Jesus Christ appearing after he was dead is the story of an apparition, such as timid imaginations can always create in vision, and credulity believe. Stories of this kind had been told of the assassination of Julius Caesar.

It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.

In the progress of politics, as in the common occurrences of life, we are not only apt to forget the ground we have travelled over, but frequently neglect to gather up experiences as we go.