[I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

The temple through which alone lies the road to that of Liberty.

That is not a just government where arbitrary restrictions, exemptions, and monopolies deny to part of its citizens that free use of their faculties, and free choice of their occupations.

if the people are to be our governors, they must arm themselves with knowledge.

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

The smaller the number and the more permanent and conspicuous the station of men in power, the stronger must be the interest which they will individually feel in whatever concerns the government.