For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure.
I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence.
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
Standing here in a house of history, and acutely aware of my own imperfections, I pledge that if I am confirmed I will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the Constitution and laws of this great country.
As long as I am in the Congress, I will continue to fight for and defend our sacred values.
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
On January 21st of 2017, the day after I take the oath of office, Americans will finally wake up in a country where the laws of the United States are enforced. We are going to be considerate and compassionate to everyone. But my greatest compassion will be for our own struggling citizens.
May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.
As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.