Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
No matter how senior an official is, if he violates party discipline and the law of the country, he will be seriously dealt with and punished.
It is every one's sacred duty to keep himself in a condition to do the biggest thing possible to him.
You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.
The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.
He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself.
And, Mr. Speaker, if the Governor and Council don't see fit to fall in with us, I say let the general duty law, and all, go to the devil, sir, and go about our business.
If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.
Think well before selecting your leader, and when you have selected him, follow him. But in case you find his policy detrimental to your interests, kick him out.
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.