From the day of the Declaration, the people of the North American union, and of its constituent states, were associated bodies of civilized men and Christians, in a state of nature, but not of anarchy.
From John Quincy Adams
I have no predilection for unpopularity as such, but I hold it much preferable to the popularity of a day, which perishes with the transient topic upon which it is grounded.
It is of no use to discover our own faults and infirmities unless the discovery prompts up to amendment.
This idea of the transcendent power of the Supreme Being is essentially connected with that by which the whole duty of man is summed up: obedience to His will.
According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness.
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