Human nature will never part with power. Look for an example of a voluntary relinquishment of power from one end of the globe to another - you will find none.
Bad men cannot make good citizens.
We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery.
The people have a right to keep and bear arms.
I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.
It is the business of a virtuous clergyman to censure vice in every appearance of it.