Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession.

the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war.

Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act.

A cold-blooded, calculation, unprincipled, usurper, without a virtue, no statesman, knowing nothing of commerce, political economy, or civil government, and supplying ignorance by bold presumption.

The constitution has divided the powers of government into three branches, Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, lodging each with a distinct magistracy. The Legislative it has given completely to the Senate and House of Representatives. It has declared that the Executive powers shall be vested in the President, submitting special articles of it to a negative by the Senate, and it has vested the Judiciary power in the courts of justice, with certain exceptions also in favor of the Senate.

Laws ... proportionate and mild should never be dispensed with. Let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge be a mere machine.