 Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. |
| Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. |
| The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased. |
| In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will. |
| It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. |
| I think the first duty of society is justice. |
| In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. |
| Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government. |
