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.

Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution.

The loss of liberty to a generous mind is worse than death.

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.

Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it to perform its most essential functions.

Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.

I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.