76 quotes
The contest, for ages, has been to rescue Liberty from the grasp of executive power.
Religion is the tie that connects man with his Creator, and holds him to His throne.
The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of morals, and a book of religion, of especial revelation from God.
On the Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument (1843)
Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day.
Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825)
The law: It has honored us; may we honor it.
Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are scattered with all its beams.
address delivered at the laying of the Corner-Stone of Bunker Hill Monument (1825)
Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Discourse in Commemoration of Adams and Jefferson (1826)
The Materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.
Heaven's gates are not so highly arched as king's palaces; they that enter there must go upon their knees.
A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is an indispensable element of all true greatness.
They are usually denominated labor-saving machines, but it would be more just to call them labor-doing machines.
A strong impression that something must be done, is the origin of many bad measures.
He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.
He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.
This fearful concatenation of circumstances.
argument in the Murder of Captain Joseph White (1830)
Independence now: and INDEPENDENCE FOREVER.
The most fruitful and elevating influence I have ever seemed to meet has been my impression of obligation to God.
His high-erected thoughts look'd down upon
The smiling valley of his fruitful heart.
A Monumental Column; Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)
One may live as a conqueror, a king, or a magistrate; but he must die as a man.
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
If the true spark of religious and civil liberty be kindled, it will burn.
Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825)