Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy.

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens.

A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

Our minds were circumscribed within narrow limits by an habitual belief that it was our duty to be subordinate to the mother country.

For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead.

A little rebellion is a good thing.