As to the permanent interest of individuals in the aggregated interests of the community, and in the proverbial maxim, that honesty is the best policy, present temptation is often found to be an overmatch for those considerations.

Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction.

Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

Power is of an encroaching nature.