Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For Freedom only deals the deadly blow; Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade, For gentle peace in Freedom's hallowed shade.

Whether to the nation or to the state, no service can be or ever will be rendered by a more able or a more faithful public servant.

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.

Those who take oaths to politically powerful secret societies cannot be depended on for loyalty to a democratic republic.

Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not yet been found to fail.