"I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and outrageously, both in other countries and in this."

"True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less."

"A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman."

"The greatest crimes are not committed by 'hot and passionate' men, but by 'cold and deliberate' ones."

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."