If the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States.

How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems.

Gentlemen, the character of Washington is among the most cherished contemplations of my life. It is a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration, with clear, steady, beneficent light.

Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint; the more restraint on others to keep off from us, the more liberty we have.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life

If all my talents and powers were to be taken from me by some unscrutable Providence, and I had my choice of keeping but one, I would unhesitatingly ask for be allowed to keep the Power of Speaking, for through it I would quickly recover all the rest.