🇺🇸 On Courage & Determination
- “One man with courage makes a majority.”
- “Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.”
- “You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.”
🧠 On Government & Power
- “The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.”
- “I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives.”
- “As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will… it will be worth defending.”
💬 On Character & Honor
- “I was born for a storm, and a calm does not suit me.”
- “Elevate those guns a little lower.” (battle humor)
- “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.”