"Joseph, let us go away. They are throwing us out of here. Where shall we go?"

"I have no other ambition than to be a simple citizen. I want to live in peace and die in my bed."

"A people ignorant is a blind instrument of its own destruction."

"If my death contributes to the cessation of parties and the consolidation of the Union, I shall descend to the tomb with tranquility."

"I am convinced that America can only be governed by an iron fist."