Adlai Stevenson: “By this charter, representative government and trial by jury became recognized rights in the New World.”

It is high privilege and high honor to be a citizen of this grand republic.

Bearing in mind that 'that which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before,' significant events of the past must be known, to the end that we intelligently comprehend the present, and are enabled, even in scant measure, to…

We make progress in proportion as we wisely ponder significant events.

The value of the great Ordinance to millions who have since found homes within the limits of the vast area embraced within its provision cannot be overstated.