A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

It is very certain that [the commerce clause] grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and was intended as a negative and preventive provision against injustice among the States themselves, rather than as a power to be used for the positive purposes of the General Government.

Truth [comes only] from those ... who cultivate their reason.

The growing wealth aquired by them corporations never fails to be a source of abuses.

An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by the Constitution and required by the spirit and safety of free government.

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.

Another of my wishes is to depend as little as possible on the labour of slaves.