"There are some things which the general government can do, which the state governments cannot."

"Who talks most about freedom and equality? Is it not those who are in power?"

"I have been a victim of my own imprudence."

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

"Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint."