It Is No Use For The Honorable

The American Revolution Was A Vindication Of Liberties Inherited And Possessed. It Was A Conservative Revolution.

As The British Constitution Is The Most Subtle Organism Which Has Proceeded From Progressive History, So The American Constitution Is The Most Wonderful Work Ever Struck Off At A Given Time By The Brain And Purpose Of Man.

Letter To The Committee In Charge Of The Celebration Of The Centennial Of The American Constitution. I Have Always Regarded That Constitution As The Most Remarkable Work Known To Me In Modern Times To Have Been Produced By The Human Intellect, At A Single Stroke (so To Speak), In Its Application To Political Affairs.

To Be Engaged In Opposing Wrong Affords...but A Slender Guarantee For Being Right.

Never Forget That The Purpose For Which A Man Lives Is The Improvement Of The Man Himself, So That He May Go Out Of This World Having, In His Great Sphere Or His Small One, Done Some Little Good For His Fellow Creatures And Labored A Little To Diminish The Sin And Sorrow That Are In The World.