“There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.” — Robert Charles Winthrop

Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are left without education.

A star for every State, and a State for every star.

Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled, either by a power within them, or by a power without them; either by the word of God, or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible, or by the bayonet.

Our country - whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements more or less; - still our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, and to be defended by all our hands.