It is the nature of tyranny and rapacity never to learn moderation from the ill-success of first oppressions; on the contrary, all oppressors, all men thinking highly of the methods dictated by their nature, attribute the frustration of their desires to the want of sufficient rigor.

Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not the occasional organs by which they act, and the transitory modes in which they appear.

Evils we have had continually calling for reformation, and reformations more grievous than any evils.

True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

If we owned the property, we will be free and prosperous. If so they regain control, we will become poor