We are sensible of the duty and expediency of submitting our opinions to the will of the majority, and can wait with patience till they get right if they happen to be at any time wrong.

In a free society with a government based on reason, it is inevitable that there will be no uniform opinion about important issues. Those accustomed to suppression and control by governmental authority see this as leading only to chaos. But a government of the people requires difference of opinion in order to discover truth and to take advantage of the opportunity that only understanding brings.

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.

It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself.

Wine from long habit has become an indispensable for my health

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave consequences to him who has the disposal of them.

Difference of opinion is helpful in religion.