"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."

"The will of the people, expressed by their suffrage, is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object."

"On this foundation I hope the whole may be made to stand; and that from this principle, every generation has a right to choose for itself the form of government it believes most promotive of its own h…"

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government."

"I have no doubt but that the misery of the poor, in great cities, is one of the greatest misfortunes to society."