When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to what is proper for all conditions of society. Liberty, truth, probity, honor, are declared to be the four cardinal principles of society. I believe that morality, compassion, generosity, are innate elements of the human constitution; that there exists a right independent of force.

I deny the power of the general government to making paper money, or anything else a legal tender.

In reviewing the history of the times through which we have passed, no portion of it gives greater satisfaction or reflection, than that which represents the efforts of the friends of religious freedom and the success with which they are crowned.

I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things.

The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.