The Constitution that we have is an excellent one, if we can keep it where it is.

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.

Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first arrangement of the Judicial department as essential to the happiness of our Country, and to the stability of its political system.

If we cannot learn wisdom from experience, it is hard to say where it is to be found.

One's god dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application and development of that law over time. Given enough time, all non-Christian systems of law self-destruct in a fit of tyranny.

The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.

It is impossible to account for the creation of the universe without the agency of a Supreme Being.