This mode of electioneering suited neither my taste nor my principles. I thought it equally unsuitable to my personal character and to the station in which I am placed.

Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.

There is in the clergy of all Christian denominations a time-serving, cringing, subservient morality, as wide from the spirit of the gospel as it is from the intrepid assertion and vindication of truth.

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

The law is an artificial human construct, quite arbitrary, and of absolutely no use anywhere else but in a court of law!

About one-half of the members of Congress are seekers for office at the nomination of the President. Of the remainder, at least one-half have some appointment or favor to ask for their relatives.

May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.