All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing and a mere bubble except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.
Peace above all things is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
The brave man inattentive to his duty is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
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