I Would Give No Thought Of What

The Benefits Of Education And Of Useful Knowledge, Generally Diffused Through A Community, Are Essential To The Preservation Of A Free Government.

Govern Wisely, And As Little As Possible

My God, Is It Possible That All The People Have Gone Mad? The Civil War Now Being Inaugurated Will Be As Horrible As His Satanic Majesty Could Desire.

A Leader Is Someone Who Helps Improve The Lives Of Other People Or Improve The System They Live Under.

Let Me Tell You What Is Coming.... Your Fathers And Husbands, Your Sons And Brothers, Will Be Herded At The Point Of The Bayonet... You May, After The Sacrifice Of Countless Millions Of Treasure And Of Thousands Of Lives, As A Bare Possibility, Win Southern Independence...but I Doubt It.