Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.
I only wish, while I am a servant of the public, to know the will of my masters, that I may govern my self accordingly.
The Constitution that we have is an excellent one, if we can keep it where it is.
It is in vain, I perceive, to look for ease and happiness in a world of troubles.
The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded.
The consciousness of having discharged that duty which we owe to our country is superior to all other considerations.
The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.
Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.
Have the strength to be an honest person.
In disputes, be not so desirous to overcome as to not give liberty to each one to deliver his opinion and submit to the judgment of the major part, especially if they are judges of the dispute.
The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship.
The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
Thirteen sovereignties pulling against each other and all tugging at the federal head, will soon bring ruin on the whole.
We should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn.
Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection...
I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the cherry tree.
The most enviable praise of all is just to be called an honest man.
I consider it an indubitable mark of mean-spiritedness and pitiful vanity to court applause from the pen or tongue of man.
Bless my family, kindred, friends and country, be our God and guide this day and forever for His sake, who lay down in the grave and arose again for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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