The ocean ... like the air, is the common birth-right of mankind.

That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.

We often repent of what we have said, but never, never, of that which we have not.

We figure great careers aren't made. They're experienced.

Laws ... proportionate and mild should never be dispensed with. Let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge be a mere machine.

The dominion which the banking institutions have obtained over the minds of our citizens...must be broken, or it will break us.

The private buildings [of Virginia] are very rarely constructed of stone or brick; much the greatest proportion being of scantlingand boards, plastered with lime. It is impossible to devise things more ugly, uncomfortable, and happily more perishable.