I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

I once had the confidence of the people ... and if I have since done any thing, either by design or misadventure, which if known, would subject me to a forfeiture of that confidence, he that knows of that thing, and conceals it, is a traitor to his country's interest.

Let it be public, full, and fair. No cliqueism or cheatery about it.

As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.

Perhaps we have been guilty of some terminological inexactitudes.