The wisdom of our ages and the blood of our heroes has been devoted to the attainment of trial by jury. It should be the creed of our political faith.

Delay is preferable to error.

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.

History by apprising them [the people] of the past will enable them to judge of the future. . . . It will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men: it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing it, to defeat its views.

If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter