There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.

I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the cherry tree.

I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.

I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their country, if this is not?

I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.