Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness of your man; and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence.

To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.

It is better to cherish virtue and humanity, by leaving much to free will, even with some loss of the object , than to attempt to make men mere machines and instruments of political benevolence. The world on the whole will gain by a liberty, without which virtue cannot exist.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.