The word "independence" is united to the accessory ideas of dignity and virtue. The word "dependence" is united to the ideas of inferiority and corruption.

The law of England has established trial by judge and jury in the conviction that it is the mode best calculated to ascertain the truth.

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.

The request of industry to government is as modest as that of Diogenes to Alexander: Get out of my light.

Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They'll do anything to win a case.

All poetry is misrepresentation.

Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove.