Lyman Beecher

“The rule is perfect: in all things, whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.”

“To let them alone is to commit them to the formation of a Catholic policy, and to the influence of a Catholic priesthood.”

“The novelty of a truth, and the possibility of its being abused, are no valid objections to its being preached.”

“Intemperance is the sin of our land, and, with our boundless prosperity, is coming in upon us like a flood.”

“Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death.”

“The great experiment is about to be made, and is now being made, whether this nation can be saved from that vortex of corruption which has swallowed up every other republic.”

“We are becoming another people. Our habits, our manners, our feelings, are all undergoing a change.”

“No great advance has been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.”