I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance."

"Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character."

"Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people."

"Sir, I would rather be right than be President."

A man must be a born fool who voluntarily engages in controversy with Mr. Adams on a question of fact. I doubt whether he was ever mistaken in his life.