"I am clearly in sentiment with you, that no man ought to be deprived of the fruits of his labour but by his own consent."

"I had rather be in my grave than in the most splendid situation, if I could not serve my country with honor."

"My movements to the chair of Government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution."

"I am sensible that I am not without my faults; but I am conscious of an honest intention."

"It is impossible to govern the world without God and the Bible."