Parliament is a deliberate assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole; where, not local purpose, not local prejudices ought to guide but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.

An entire life of solitude contradicts the purpose of our being, since death itself is scarcely an idea of more terror.

[Slavery] is a weed that grows in every soil.

Humanity cannot be degraded by humiliation.

Religion is among the most powerful causes of enthusiasm.

Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and a series of unconnected arts. Though just prejudice, his duty becomes a part of his nature.

Men want to be reminded, who do not want to be taught; because those original ideas of rectitude to which the mind is compelled to assent when they are proposed, are not always as present to us as they ought to be.