I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.

If one man in the country could take all the money, what was the use of passing any bills about it?

I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.

I gave my decisions on the principles of common justice and honesty between man and man, and relied on natural born sense, and not on law, learning to guide me; for I had never read a page in a law book in all my life.