Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence.

How easily men satisfy themselves that the Constitution is exactly what they wish it to be

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The First Amendment was not intended to withdraw the Christian religion as a whole from the protection of Congress.

It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.

A government, forever changing and changeable, is, indeed, in a state bordering upon anarchy and confusion.

How much more do they deserve our reverence and praise, whose lives are devoted to the formation of institutions, which, when they and their children are mingled in the common dust, may continue to cherish the principles and the practice of liberty in perpetual freshness and vigour.