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 ….

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….

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange..

There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from anothe quarter. From th….

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

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

Keep cool; anger is not an argument..

I regard it (the Constitution) as the work of the purest patriots and wisest statesman that ever existed, aided by the smiles of a benign Providence;….

The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people..

Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from...the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and….

Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution of your country and the government established under it. Leave evils which exist in some parts of the countr….

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

The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions.

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures..

This is the Book. I have read the Bible through many times, and now make it a practice to read it through once every year. It is a book of all others….

If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as a nation. If truth be n….

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

Human beings will generally exercise power when they can get it, and they will exercise it most undoubtedly in popular governments under pretense of ….

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

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.

If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instruct….