Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by a single hand. The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength, forms a usual and essential part in the definition of the executive authority.

Its objects are CONTRACTS with foreign nations which have the force of law, but derive it from the obligations of good faith.

It has been observed, [that for the federal government] to coerce the States is one of the maddest projects that was ever devised.

The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones.

No person that has enjoyed the sweets of liberty can be insensible of its infinite value, or can reflect on its reverse without horror and detestation

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.