"There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature."

"If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work?"

"I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery."

"It is not the lowest but the highest price that makes a thing cheap."

"No punishment, in my opinion, is too great for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin."