The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting the sacred exercise of the lawmaking functions of their government.

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

Is one of the fairest portions of the globe to remain in a state of nature, the haunt of a few wretched savages, when it seems destined by the Creator to give support to a large population and to be the seat of civilization?

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

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.

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

Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness.