To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse.

Malice will always find bad motives for good actions. - Shall we therefore never do good?

If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.

The happiness of society depends so much on preventing party spirit from infecting the common intercourse of life, that nothing should be spared to harmonize and amalgamate the two parties in social circles.

Democracy is 51% of the people taking away the rights of the other 49%.

A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.

I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural.