If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.

Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.