If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.

I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick, their memory as strong, and their docility in every respect equal to that of white children.

I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.

Love your Neighbour; yet don't pull down your Hedge.

To expect people to be good, to be just, to be temperate, etc., without showing them how they should become so, seems like the ineffectual charity mentioned by the apostle, which consisted in saying to the hungry, the cold and the naked, be ye fed, be ye warmed, be ye clothed, without showing them how they should get food, fire or clothing.

It is the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.

One day is worth a thousand tomorrows.