“I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.”
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“Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators.”
“We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven.”
“Accounts of outrages committed by mobs form the every-day news of the times.”
“Yes, gentlemen, to all His creatures, to the whole great family of man.”
“Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.”
“Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.”
“Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself.”
“I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men.”
“What all agree upon is probably right; what no two agree in most probably is wrong.”
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”
“The most effectual hitherto found is the freedom of the press.”
“I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions.”
“We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.”
“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”