Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.

The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control.

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our revolution. They existed before.

The law is the only sure protection of the weak, and the only efficient restraint upon the strong.

God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.