"I can not tell a lie. I did cut down the cherry tree."

"I conceive that the great weight of the obligation which lies upon me to render justice to every man, and to every public body, requires that I should not be silent, when I see a measure taken, which,…"

"The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained."

"It should be the highest boast of every American to be a good citizen."

"I am unwilling to be the only man in whom the love of my Country is not the ruling principle."