The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.

No one imagines that a law professing to tax will be permitted to destroy.

The institution of Masonry ought to be abandoned as one capable of much evil, and incapable of producing any good which might not be affected by safe and open means.

The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.

In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.

The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.

Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.