Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.

. . . in the full tide of successful experiment.

Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry.

To take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

Do not write me studied letters but ramble as you please.