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

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

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

Times change, and we change with them.

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

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.

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.