As riches increase and accumulate in few hands . . . the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard.

I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.

Those who do not industrialize become hewers of wood and hawkers of water

That there may happen cases in which the national government may be necessitated to resort to force, cannot be denied.

In this distribution of powers the wisdom of our constitution is manifested. It is the province and duty of the Executive to preserve to the Nation the blessings of peace. The Legislature alone can interrupt those blessings, by placing the Nation in a state of War.

I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor. I can prove its truth as clearly as any proposition ever submitted to the mind of man.

But might not his [the president's] nomination be overruled? I grant it might, yet this could only be to make place for another nomination by himself. The person ultimately appointed must be object of his preference, though perhaps not in the first degree. It is also not very probable that his nomination would often be overruled.