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

I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.

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

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

To Englishmen, life is a topic, not an activity.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.