Lyman Trumbull

“To be acquitted, he must be pronounced not guilty of any one of them. To be convicted, he need be found guilty of but one.”

“Any statute which is not equal to all, and which deprives any citizen of civil rights which are secured to other citizens, is an unjust encroachment upon his liberty; and is, in fact, a badge of servitude which, by the Constitution, is prohibited.”

“The bill to which the President has objected is not an ordinary bill. It is a bill of rights.”

“The right to travel is a constitutional right.”

“The time has come when we should put an end to this slavery. And to do that, we must amend the Constitution.”

“What is the object of this great war? It is to save the Union and preserve the Constitution in its purity.”

“I should be false to myself, false to my constituents, false to my country, and false to my God, if, when I see a violated Constitution and a ruined country, I did not cry aloud and enter my protest.”

“Once in office, I will not consider myself the representative of any party, but the servant of the whole people.”