Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.
“Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.”
“I used my instincts. It's very easy to imagine how you'd feel, actually. I just had to tell the narrative.”