"It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really c…"

"I have been so much in the habit of acting for myself that I am sometimes apt to forget that I am not alone in the world."

"The only security against faction and insurrection, is in a firm, energetic government."

"The general government must be strong, whatever may be the consequence."

"I have been a very wicked man."