"The greatest services that can be rendered unto mankind are those which promote the general good."

"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."

"The sun never shined on a cause of greater moment."

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love an…"

"He who dares not offend cannot be honest."