To me... it appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the present day, and on the same question which now divides our own country; that these will continue through all future time; that every one takes his side in favor of the many, or of the few, according to his constitution, and the circumstances in which he is placed.

If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform.

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried.

The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither.

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern.