Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.
I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it - but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by Legislative authority: and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting.
I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution.
The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.
He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.
To make a division of power effectual, a veto in one form or another is indispensable. The right of each to judge for itself of the extent of the power allotted to its share, and to protect itself in its exercise, is what, in reality, is meant by a division of power.
There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.
The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which has so often ruined individuals, states and empires; and which has now brought almost universal bankruptcy upon us.
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
