The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and assist in making him king and fight against you. And what have you to oppose this force? What will then become of you and your rights?

Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] — may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.

I shall act as I think my duty requires.

I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.

It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.

Give me liberty or give me death.