[V]igor of government is essential to the security of liberty.

[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution.

The art of reading is to skip judiciously.

The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.

Opinion, whether well or ill-founded, is the governing principle of human affairs

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

When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent interest of his county, government would be impracticable. There must be a perpetual accomodation and sacrifice of local advantage to general expediency.