No government can continue good, but under the control of the people.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of man.

Never throw off the best affections of nature in the moment when they become most precious to their object; nor fear to extend you hand to save another, lest you should sink yourself.

I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude

To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to definition.

The executive, in our government is not the sole, it is scarcely the principle, object of my jealousy. The tyranny of the legislature is the most formidable dread at present and will be for many years. That of the executive will come in its turn, but it will be at a remote period.