Good conscience is the most valuable asset of all!

The rights of man as the foundation of just Government had been long understood but the superstructures projected had been sadly defective

The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the union of the states be cherished and perpetuated. Let the open enemy to it be regarded as a Pandora with her box opened, and the disguised one as the serpent creeping with his deadly wiles into paradise.

It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.

Place three individuals in a situation wherein the interest of each depends on the voice of the others, and give to two of them an interest opposed to the rights of the third. Will the latter be secure? The prudence of every man would shun the danger. The rules & forms of justice suppose & guard against it. Will two thousand in a like situation be less likely to encroach on the rights of one thousand?

Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance.

There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermingle with religion. Its least interference with it would be a most flagrant usurpation.