Integrity is praised and then left out in the cold.

It is a maxim received in life that, in general, we can determine more wisely for others than for ourselves. The reason of it is so dear in argument that it hardly wants the confirmation of experience.

As for the differences of opinion upon speculative questions, if we wait till they are reconciled, the action of human affairs must be suspended forever. But neither are we to look for perfection in any one man, nor for agreement among many.

The Liberty of the press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.

Let all your views in life be directed to a solid, however moderate, independence; without it no man can be happy, nor even honest.

The right of election is the very essence of the constitution.

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.