It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other.

No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

In proportion to the value of this revolution; in proportion to the importance of instruments, every word of which decides a question between power and liberty; in proportion to the solemnity of acts, proclaiming the will authenticated by the seal of the people, the only earthly source of authority, ought to be the vigilance with which they are guarded by every citizen in private life, and the circumspection with which they are executed by every citizen in public trust.

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

No error is more certain than the one proceeding from a hasty and superficial view of the subject.

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