"The difference of opinion, on the subject of the bank, has been a principal cause of the schism which has lately taken place in the executive departments."

"A weak government is but another name for a bad government."

"All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born, the other the mass of the people."

"I have been the victim of the most base and vile calumnies."

"The safety of the people is the supreme law."