The rich, the well-born, and the able, acquire an influence among the people that will soon be too much for simple honesty and plain sense, in a house of representatives. The most illustrious of them must, therefore, be separated from the mass, and placed by themselves in a senate; this is, to all honest and useful intents, an ostracism.

The judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should…

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a humane and generous mind, no exp…

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.

The people of West Virginia have never let me down, and I intend to never let them down.

His number one priority has always been the people of West Virginia. It has been a great example for all of us to never lose sight of the fact that you are ele…