The people cannot be all, and always well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive.

The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature. The healthy, strong and bold cherishes them, and is formed a Whig by nature.

Circumstances sometimes require, that rights the most unquestionable should be advanced with delicacy.

The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.

The only true corrective of Constitutional abuses is education.

When the heart is right, the feet are swift.

Taste cannot be controlled by law. We must resist at all costs any attempt to regulate our individual freedoms and to legislate our personal moralities.