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That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other.

Intelligence, integrity and courage are the great pillars that support the State. Above all, the citizens of a free nation should honor the brave and independent man - the man of stainless integrity, of will and intellectual force.

The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole.

The essence of good government is trust.

The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people.

We have to be guided by the interest of society and the development of the state.

This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.