The cement of this union is in the heart blood of every American. I do not believe there is on earth a government established on so immovable a basis.

I have now the gloomy prospect of retiring from office loaded with serious debts, which will materially affect the tranquility of my retirement.

I do not pretend that language is science. It isan instrument for the attainment of science.

We wish the happiness and prosperity of every nation.

It [appears] that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their natural rights, and are at the same time themselves better guarded against degeneracy, yet experience [has] shown that, even under the best forms, those entrusted with power have, in time and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language.

If the question [before justices of the peace] relate to any point of public liberty, or if it be one of those in which the judges may be suspected of bias, the jury undertake to decide both law and fact.