Peaceably If We Can, Forcibly If We

The Colors That Float From The Masthead Should Be The Credentials Of Our Seamen. There Is No Safety To Us, And The Gentlemen Have Shown It, But In The Rule That All Who Sail Under The Flag (not Being Enemies) Are Protected By The Flag.

Let Him Who Elevates Himself Above Humanity . . . Say, If He Pleases, "i Will Never Compromise"; But Let No One Who Is Not Above The Frailties Of Our Common Nature Disdain Compromise.

The Constitution Of The United States Was Made Not Merely For The Generation That Then Existed, But For Posterity- Unlimited, Undefined, Endless, Perpetual Posterity.

The Gentleman Cannot Have Forgotten His Own Sentiment, Uttered Even On The Floor Of This House, Peaceably If We Can, Forcibly If We Must.

Precedents Deliberately Established By Wise Men Are Entitled To Great Weight. They Are Evidence Of Truth, But Only Evidence...but A Solitary Precedent...which Has Never Been Reexamined, Cannot Be Conclusive.