"It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution."

"I had rather be in my bed than up in the Senate."

"I have looked on man, in the course of my life, as a chemical analysis might look on a compound substance."

"To preserve the freedom of the human mind then, and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the…"

"The most sacred of the duties of a government is to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens."