There was a state without king or nobles there was a church without a bishop there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had selected, and by equal laws which it had framed.

All that happens in the world of Nature or Man, - every war every peace every hour of prosperity every hour of adversity every election every death every life every success and every failure, - all change, - all permanence, - the perished leaf the unutterable glory of stars, - all things speak truth to the thoughtful spirit.

The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good.

Mathematics may, be briefly defined as the science of quantities, and is one of the most important of disciplining studies which engage the practical student.

We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution.

We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I keep step to the music of the Union.

The courage of New England was the courage of conscience. It did not rise to that insane and awful passion, the love of war for itself.