 Elevate those guns a little lower. |
| The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble. |
| It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. |
| I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office. |
| As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending. |
| Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result. |
| Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. |
| The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power. |
| It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word. |
| Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it. |
| Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission. |
| Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit. |
| One man with courage makes a majority. Topics: Courage |
| Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me. |
| Disunion by force is treason. |
| Unless you become more watchful in your states and check the spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that... the control over your dearest interests has passed into the hands of these corporations. |
| Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. |
| The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests. |
| War is a blessing compared with national degradation. |
| I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment. |
