"I have been a fool."

"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the Divinity its…"

"I have been in an agony of mind for some days past, and have at length determined to open my heart to you."

"The true principle of a Republic is, that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is the only principle by which a free government can be maintained."

"There are some things which the general government can do, which the state governments cannot."