We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public.

The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential for their own welfare or for the general good.

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

The 'private sector' of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the 'public sector' is, in fact, the coercive sector.

They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government.

What I've always tried to find in my books are points at which the private lives of the characters, and also my own, intersect with the public life of the culture.