Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.
Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.
I feel incompetent to perform duties...which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.
Let them impeach and be damned.
If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrat at the other, all would be well with the country.