Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
 
Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.

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 slavery. 

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
 
Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.

The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

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