The laws are the sole guardians of right, and when the magistrate dares not act, every person is insecure.

A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason.

Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion.

In the formation of our constitution the wisdom of all ages is collected-the legislators of antiquity are consulted, as well as the opinions and interests of the millions who are concerned. It short, it is an empire of reason.

Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion.

The liberty of the press, trial by jury, the Habeas Corpus Writ, even Magna Carta itself, although justly deemed the paladia of freedom, are all inferior considerations, when compared with the general distribution of real property among every class of people.

But the reasonableness of this command to obey parents, is clear, and easily understood by children, even when quite young.