If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against legislative encroachments, this consideration will afford a strong argument for the permanent tenure of judicial offices, since nothing will contribute so much as this to that independent spirit in the judges which must be essential to the faithful performance of so arduous a duty.

The superiority...enjoyed by nations that have...perfected a branch of industry, constitutes a...formidable obstacle.

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.

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.

Jurors should acquit, even against the judge's instruction . . . if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction the charge of the court is wrong.

I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government.

The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws.