Nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties.

The inhabitants of territories, often the theatre of war, are unavoidably subject to frequent infringements on their rights, which serve to weaken their sense of those rights; and by degrees, the people are brought to consider the soldiery not only as their protectors but as their superiors.

The [president] has no particle of spiritual jurisdiction. . . .

Jurors should acquit, even against the judge's instruction . . . if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction the charge of the court is wrong.

Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy.

To attempt to enumerate the complicated variety of mischiefs in the whole system of the social economy, which proceed from a neglect of the maxims that uphold public credit, and justify the solicitude manifested by the House on this point, would be an improper intrusion on their time and patience.

To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character.