I was born an American I live an American I shall die an American.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

One is only as good as one is useful.

I’m tired of the lies and the cheating, and the broken promises that were never meant to be kept.

Glory is fleeting but obscurity is forever.

Each material has its own message.

Pleas'd me, long choosing and beginning late.

We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.

I simply think God is greater than our weakness. In fact, I think it is our weakness that reveals how great God is.

When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it.

Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in.

The only thing pain can wring from a soul that has abandoned resistance and from a mind that has lost its hate is sorrow