The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.

Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Trial by jury is part of that bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.

That paper money has some advantages is admitted. But that its abuses also are inevitable and, by breaking up the measure of value, makes a lottery of all private property, cannot be denied.