"I have often thought that if heaven had given me choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich spot of earth, well watered, and near a good market for the produce of the superflux."

"I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to the whites in the endowments both of body a…"

"The only security a free people can have for the faithful observance of their constitution and laws, is to be found in a right of taxation."

"The most sacred of the duties of a government is to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens."

"I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere."