“I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.”

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone.”

“This is the last of earth! I am content.”

“To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.”

“Posterity -- you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.”

“Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.”

“Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.”