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

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

“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.”

“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.”

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