I have always supported measures and principles and not men.
It is quite possible that someone is insane and they think they have a chance. Not insane in the clinical sense, but they may have such a strong political ambition that they blind themselves to reality.
My tongue speak what my heart thinks.
Make sure you're right, then go ahead.
You can all go to heck; I will go to Texas
It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.