"All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born, the other the mass of the people."

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

"It has been said that the people are not fit for self-government. This is a libel upon the people."

"I have no taste for pleasure."

"Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred."