I'd Rather Be Right Than

I Am Not, Sir, In Favor Of Cherishing The Passion Of Conquest. I Am Permitted ... To Indulge The Hope Of Seeing, Ere Long, The New United States, (if You Will Allow Me The Expression,) Embracing Not Only The Old.

A Man Must Be A Born Fool Who Voluntarily Engages In Controversy With Mr. Adams On A Question Of Fact. I Doubt Whether He Was Ever Mistaken In His Life.

The Imposition Of Taxes Has Its Limits. There Is A Maximum Which Cannot Be Transcended. Suppose The Citizen To Be Taxed By The General Government To The Utmost Extent Of His Ability, Or A Thing As Much As It Can Possibly Bear, And The State Imposes A Tax At The Same Time, Which Authority Is To Take It?

If You Wish To Avoid Foreign Collision, You Had Better Abandon The Ocean.

Let Him Who Elevates Himself Above Humanity . . . Say, If He Pleases, "i Will Never Compromise"; But Let No One Who Is Not Above The Frailties Of Our Common Nature Disdain Compromise.