"Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred."

"I consider the executive power as co-extensive with the objects of government."

"I consider the present crisis as an occasion for the friends of the Government to rouse and exert themselves."

"Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government."

"Happy it is when the people can see without the aid of a telescope."