"The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both Congresses and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."

"Permit me to say that, in my humble judgment, I never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence."

"I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know I cannot be wrong; and yet, how many think I am!"

"It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have inherited from our fathers."

"I have been as good a Whig as there was in the country. I have been a Whig ever since I was a boy, but I am no longer a Whig."