No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the united States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.
Wherein you reprove another be unblameable yourself, for example is more prevalent than precepts.
Unhappy it is, though, to reflect that a brother’s sword has been sheathed in a brother’s breast and that the once-happy plains of America are either to be drenched with blood or inhabited by slaves. Sad alternative! But can a virtuous man hesitate in his choice?
Saya harap, saya selalu memiliki cukup keteguhan dan cukup kebajikan untuk memelihara gelar yang saya anggap paling mengagumkan, yaitu watak sebagai orang jujur.
A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows. Samuel Clemens “Mark Twain”, American author and humorist.
If you love it enough, anything will talk to you.
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also – if you love them enough.
Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.
It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country’s welfare.
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges...
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.