The local interest of a State ought in every case to give way to the interests of the Union. For when a sacrifice of one or the other is necessary, the former becomes only an apparent, partial interest, and should yield, on the principle that the smaller good ought never to oppose the greater good.

The art of reading is to skip judiciously.

Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them.

The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.

The Achaeans soon experienced, as often happens, that a victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master.

Every individual of the community at large has an equal right to the protection of government.

Nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties.