The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.

You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.

No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.

To watch the progress of such endeavors is the office of a free press. To give us early alarm and put us on our guard against encroachments of power. This then is a right of utmost importance, one for which, instead of yielding it up, we ought rather to spill our blood.

This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any many who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.