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

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

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

Times change, and we change with them.

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

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

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.