Every error pronounces judgment on itself when it attempts to apply its rules to the standard of truth.

A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts a bribe. Like a judge he must consider what is right, not what is advantageous to a party or class.

At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.

Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.

The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.

A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.