"The unfortunate condition of the persons whose labour in part I employed has been the only unavoidable subject of regret."

"As the Coach would be lonesome without the horses—and the horses might repine for want of their Coach (having been wedded together Seven years) you had better take both."

"Religious toleration is not only a right, but a duty, and the glory of the American people."

"It is much to be feared that the same motives which have hitherto retarded the abolition of slavery, will continue to operate."

"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth."