Such a usurpation cannot be justified by the good that is sought; for that good might have been sought, and may still be sought, by another course, in entire harmony with the Constitution and the practice of the Government.
He asserts that no good outcome can justify the violation of constitutional principles.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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