He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property, but a trust.

There is a spirit of resistance implanted by the Deity in the breast of man, proportioned to the size of the wrongs he is destined to endure.

Men are entitled to equal rights-but to equal rights to unequal things.

Illustrious man! deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind.

He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property, but a trust.

I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war.

Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.