A Nation That Does Not Honor Its

Next Came The Patent Laws. These Began In England In 1624; And, In This Country, With The Adoption Of Our Constitution. Before Then [these?], Any Man Might Instantly Use What Another Had Invented; So That The Inventor Had No Special Advantage From His Own Invention. The Patent System Changed This; Secured To The Inventor, For A Limited Time, The Exclusive Use Of His Invention; And Thereby Added The Fuel Of Interest To The Fire Of Genius, In The Discovery And Production Of New And Useful Things.

Such Will Be A Great Lesson Of Peace: Teaching Men That What They Cannot Take By An Election, Neither Can They Take It By War.

I Cannot Bring Myself To Believe That Any Human Being Lives Who Would Do Me Any Harm.

Commitment Is What Transforms A Promise Into Reality.

I Am Greatly Obliged To You, And To All Who Have Come Forward At The Call Of Their Country.