Liberty Is Not To Be Enjoyed, Indeed

No One Ever Became, Or Can Become Truly Eloquent Without Being A Reader Of The Bible, And An Admirer Of The Purity And Sublimity Of Its Language.

I Am Commonly Opposed To Those Who Modestly Assume The Rank Of Champions Of Liberty, And Make A Very Patriotic Noise About The People. It Is The Stale Artifice Which Has Duped The World A Thousand Times, And Yet, Though Detected, It Is Still Successful. I Love Liberty As Well As Anybody. I Am Proud Of It, As The True Title Of Our People To Distinction Above Others; But . . . I Would Guard It By Making The Laws Strong Enough To Protect It.

The Gentleman Puts Me In Mind Of An Old Hen Which Persists In Setting After Her Eggs Are Taken Away.

No Man Can Be A Sound Lawyer In This Land Who Is Not Well Read In The Ethics Of Moses And The Virtues Of Jesus.

A Democracy Is A Volcano Which Conceals The Fiery Materials Of Its Own Destruction. These Will Produce An Eruption And Carry Desolation In Their Way.