The Gratitude ... Should Be Commensurate With

All Distinctions Of Birth Or Of Rank Have Been Abolished. All Citizens, Whether Native Or Adopted, Are Placed Upon Terms Of Precise Equality. All Are Entitled To Equal Rights And Equal Protection.

Thank God, Under Our Constitution There Was No Connection Between Church And State.

It Is Confidently Believed That Our System May Be Safely Extended To The Utmost Bounds Of Our Territorial Limits.

If A Man . . . Would Shake And Not Be Shaken, Grip And Not Be Gripped, Taking Care Always To Squeeze The Hand Of His Adversary As Hard As It Squeezed Him, Then He Suffered No Inconvenience From It.

One Great Object Of The Constitution Was To Restrain Majorities From Oppressing Minorities Or Encroaching Upon Their Just Rights.