The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.
Nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now.
I am one who fights without a knack of hoping confidentlysimply a Scotch-Irishman who will not be conquered.
The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document. It is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the age. Its prescriptions are clear and we know what they arebut life is always your last and most authoritative critic.
Today's greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.