A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.

[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

If we advert to the nature of republican government, we shall find that the censorial power is in the people over the government, and not in the government over the people.

On the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The Declaration of Independence, as the fundamental Act of Union of these States.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermingle with religion. Its least interference with it would be a most flagrant usurpation.