If the happiness of the mass of mankind can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or even of a little blood, it will be a precious purchase.

I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families.

From the nature of things, every society must at all times possess within itself the sovereign powers of legislation.

Men of energy of character must have enemies; because there are two sides to every question, and taking one with decision, and acting on it with effect, those who take the other will of course be hostile in proportion as they feel that effect.

I thank heaven that the 4th. of July is over. It is always a day of great fatigue to me, and of some embarrassments from improper intrusions and some from unintended exclusions.

Courts love the people always, as wolves do the sheep.

The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also.