Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

You may take from me, Sir, the privileges and emoluments of place, but you cannot, and you shall not, take from me those habitual and warm regards for the pros…

We must not count with certainty on a continuance of our present prosperity during such an interval [15 years]; but unquestionably there never was a time in th…

I will repeat then, Sir, that it is not this treaty, it is the Earl of Shelburne alone whom the movers of this question are desirous to wound. This is the obje…