I do not consider that I have ever accomplished anything without God; and if it is His will that I must die by the hand of an assassin, I must be resigned. I must do my duty as I see it, and leave the rest with God.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how…

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

It is said that serious apprehensions are to some extent entertained (in which I do not share) that the peace of this District may be disturbed before the 4th …

I have often though how much happier I should have been, if instead of accepting of a command under such circumstances, I had taken my musket upon my shoulders…