"We must fight! --I repeat it, sir, we must fight"

"The next gale (storm) that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!"

"The millions of people armed in the holy cause of liberty are invincible by any force which our enemy sends against us!"

"[Great Britain's ships] are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British military have so long been forging."

"Mr. President, no man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very noble gentlemen who have just addressed the House."

"For my own part, I consider it nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery."

"Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No sir, she has none."

"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts."

"I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it."