The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.

The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is threatened by executive usurpations.

People will continue to seek justice until it is found, or until liberty is lost in the pursuit.

The Constitution of the U.S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion.

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

Experience assures us, that the efficacy of the provision has been greatly over-rated; and that some more adequate defense is indispensably necessary for the more feeble, against the more powerful members of the government.

Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess and observe the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny equal freedom to those whose minds have not yet yielded to the evidence which has convinced us. If this freedom be abused, it is an offense against God, not against man:To God, therefore, not to man, must an account of it be rendered.