Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state.

The [President's] Nomination, of Course, brings the Subject fully under the Consideration of the Senate; who have then a Right to decide upon its Propriety or Impropriety.

To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.

No point is of more importance than that the right of impeachment should be continued. Shall any man be above Justice?

The poor despise labor when performed by slaves.

We are now to rank among the nations of the world; but whether our Independence shall prove a blessing or a curse must depend upon our own wisdom or folly, virtue or wickedness.... Justice and virtue are the vital principles of republican government.

The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.