Language is the expression of ideas, and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas they cannot retain an identity of language..

The principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible and sustained by its authority. The man th….

Relief of distress or compassion shown to victims of misfortune. A blessing that is an act of Divine compassion..

Knowledge, learning, talents are not necessarily connected with sound moral and political principles.... And eminent abilities, accompanied with depr….

The Moral Law is summarily contained in the Decalogue or Ten Commandments; written by the finger of God on two tablets of stone, and delivered to Mos….

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enfo….

An immense effect may be produced by small powers wisely and steadily directed..

The freedom of the press is a valuable privilege, but the abuse of it in this country is a frightful evil. The licentiousness of the press is a deep ….

The liberty of the press, trial by jury, the Habeas Corpus Writ, even Magna Carta itself, although justly deemed the paladia of freedom, are all infe….

It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of the sciences but ….

Every civil government is based upon some religion or philosophy of life. Education in a nation will propagate the religion of that nation. In Americ….

The American states have gone far in assisting the progress of truth; but they have stopped short of perfection. They ought to have given every hones….

In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate-look to his character..

It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualification….

Language, as well as the faculty of speech, was the immediate gift of God..

It is admitted that all men have an equal right to the enjoyment of their life, property and personal security; and it is the duty as it is the objec….

Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life….

...if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the pub….

Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition of his name upon….

The man who has half a million of dollars in property... has a much higher interest in the government, than the man who has little or no property..

The education of youth, an employment of more consequence than making laws and preaching the gospel, because it lays the foundation on which both law….