For Myself, I Care Not

Outside Of The Constitution We Have No Legal Authority More Than Private Citizens, And Within It We Have Only So Much As That Instrument Gives Us. This Broad Principle Limits All Our Functions And Applies To All Subjects.

Honest Conviction Is My Courage; The Constitution Is My Guide.

If Blacks Were Given The Right To Vote, That Would Place Every Splay-footed, Bandy-shanked, Hump-backed, Thick-lipped, Flat-nosed, Woolly-headed, Ebon-colored In The Country Upon An Equality With The Poor White Man.

The Goal To Strive For Is A Poor Government But A Rich People.

Legislation Can Neither Be Wise Nor Just Which Seeks The Welfare Of A Single Interest At The Expense And To The Injury Of Many And Varied Interests.