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.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.

My life is not a political campaign. I just write about what is on my mind. I just play whatever I feel like playing. Whatever is in my soul at the time is what I want to do. I have, thank god, enough people who are still interested in what I am doing so that I can go out and keep doing it.