There are two amendments only which I am anxious for: 1. A bill of rights, which it is so much the interest of all to have that I conceive it must be yielded...2. The restoring of the principle of necessary rotation, particularly to the Senate and Presidency, but most of all to the last.

A little revolution is a good thing.

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

The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.

The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds.

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

The reward of esteem, respect and gratitude [is] due to those who devote their time and efforts to render the youths of every successive age fit governors for the next.