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

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.

In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I beg to know upon what principle it can be contended that any one department draws from the Constitution greater powers than another in marking out the limits of the powers of the several departments.