Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Whenever government abandons law, it proclaims anarchy.

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe.

What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness of your man; and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence.

Good order is the foundation of all things.