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Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.