...he [Muhammad] declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind...The precept of the Koran is, perpetual war against all who deny, that Mahomet is the prophet of God.

Slavery is the great and foul stain upon the North American Union.

Where annual elections end where slavery begins.

The magistrate is the servant not of his own desires, not even of the people, but of his God

However tiresome to others, the most indefatigable orator is never tedious to himself. The sound of his own voice never loses its harmony to his own ear; and among the delusions, which self-love is ever assiduous in attempting to pass upon virtue, he fancies himself to be sounding the sweetest tones

The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is practicable in a nation or not.