"The greatest danger to the United States, is from the disunion of the States."

"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."

"The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right."

"I have been a madman."

"It is not by a compliance with the importunities of the moment, but by a steady adherence to the true interests of the country, that we are to acquire a solid and permanent reputation."