I Am Persuaded, You Will Permit Me To Observe, That The Path Of True Piety Is So Plain As To Require But Little Political Direction.
To Be Prepared For War Is One Of The Most Effective Means Of Preserving Peace.
I Can Only Say That There Is Not A Man Living Who Wishes More Sincerely Than I Do, To See A Plan Adopted For The Abolition Of It - But There Is Only One Proper And Effectual Mode By Which It Can Be Accomplished, And That Is By Legislative Authority: And This, As Far As My Suffrage Will Go, Shall Never Be Wanting.
The Basis Of Our Political System Is The Right Of The People To Make And To Alter Their Constitutions Of Government.
If We Desire To Avoid Insult, We Must Be Able To Repel It; If We Desire To Secure Peace, One Of The Most Powerful Instruments Of Our Rising Prosperity, It Must Be Known, That We Are At All Times Ready For War.
The Time Is Near At Hand Which Must Determine Whether Americans Are To Be Free Men Or Slaves.