Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.

God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.

Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.

That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed.

Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit.

I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born unto the world with boots and spurs, and a nation with saddles on their backs.

Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.