From The Day Of The Declaration...they (the

My Stern Chase After Time Is, To Borrow A Simile From Tom Paine, Like The Race Of A Man With A Wooden Leg After A Horse.

To A Man Of Liberal Education, The Study Of History Is Not Only Useful, And Important, But Altogether Indispensable, And With Regard To The History Contained In The Bible ...it Is Not So Much Praiseworthy To Be Acquainted With As It Is Shameful To Be Ignorant Of It.

Life Is A Problem; Mortal Man Was Made To Solve The Solemn Problem Right Or Wrong.

Individual Liberty Is Individual Power, And As The Power Of A Community Is A Mass Compounded Of Individual Powers, The Nation Which Enjoys The Most Freedom Must Necessarily Be In Proportion To Its Numbers The Most Powerful Nation.

The Law Given From Sinai Was A Civil And Municipal As Well As A Moral And Religious Code; It Contained Many Statutes . . . Of Universal Application-laws Essential To The Existence Of Men In Society, And Most Of Which Have Been Enacted By Every Nation Which Ever Professed Any Code Of Laws.