We are now trusting to those who are against us in position and principle, to fashion to their own form the minds and affections of our youth... This canker is eating on the vitals of our existence, and if not arrested at once, will be beyond remedy.

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial.

And, in general, that branch which is to act ultimately and without appeal on any law is the rightful expositor of the validity of the law, uncontrolled by the opinions of the other coordinate authorities.

The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.

I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken in concert and in time of peace, are more likely to produce the desired effect.

It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government.

If the measures which have been pursued are approved by the majority, it is the duty of the minority to acquiesce and conform.