The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.

Conscience, that vicegerent of God in the human heart, whose "still small voice" the loudest revelry cannot drown.

All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess.

The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.

The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.

A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.