I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.

To possess ourselves of a clear idea of what government is, or ought to be, we must trace it to its origin.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

All men can understand what representation is; and that it must necessarily include a variety of knowledge and talents.

I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state; up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake.

Customs will often outlive the remembrance of their origin.

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not.