“We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time.”
“In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.”
“In prosperity, our friends know us. In adversity, we know our friends”
“If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.”
“We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.”
“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.”