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A spirit of equal liberty appears fast to be gaining ground every where; which must afford satisfaction to every friend of mankind.
The man must be bad indeed who can look upon the events of the American Revolution without feeling the warmest gratitude towards the great Author of the Universe whose divine interposition was so frequently manifested on our behalf.
Soberness and restraint do not necessarily prevent the joyous expression of the human heart.
No technical knowledge can outweigh knowledge of the humanities.
One mark of a great man is the power of making lasting impressions upon people he meets.
Rare and precious is the truly disinterested man.
In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
Criticism in the body politic is like pain in the human body. It is not pleasant, but where would the body be without it?
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because, as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Unto Him who is the author and giver of all good, I render sincere and humble thanks for His manifold and unmerited blessings, and especially for our redemption and salvation by His beloved Son.
And with what execration should the statesman be loaded, who permitting one half the citizens thus [through slavery] to trample on the rights of the other…
The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend all to the happiness of man.
Slavery is . . . an atrocious debasement of human nature.
I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it [slavery].
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.
[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.
The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.
In the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation [of the United States] is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior.
The law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code; it contained many statutes . . . of universal application – laws essential to the existence of men in society, and most of which have been enacted by every nation which ever professed any code of laws.
There are three points of doctrine the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of God; the second is the immortality of the human soul; and the third is a future state of rewards and punishments. Suppose it possible for a man to disbelieve either of these three [...]
