"It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really c…"

"The acquisition of wealth, property, and reputation, is the engine of all industry and enterprise."

"The greatest danger to the United States, is from the disunion of the States."

"I have been a wanderer on the face of the earth."

"I have been a very wicked man."