I Was A Countryman And A Father

The Power Which Money Gives Is That Of Brute Force; It Is The Power Of The Bludgeon And The Bayonet.

The Christian Religion, Then, Is Not An Affair Of Preaching, Or Prating, Or Ranting, But Of Taking Care Of The Bodies As Well As The Souls Of People; Not An Affair Of Belief And Of Faith And Of Professions, But An Affair Of Doing Good, And Especially To Those Who Are In Want; Not An Affair Of Fire And Brimstone, But An Affair Of Bacon And Bread, Beer And A Bed.

Nothing Is So Well Calculated To Produce A Death-like Torpor In The Country As An Extended System Of Taxation And A Great National Debt.

Please Your Eye And Plague Your Heart.

From A Very Early Age I Had Imbibed The Opinion That It Was Every Man's Duty To Do All That Lay In His Power To Leave His Country As Good As He Had Found It.