The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.

All... natural rights may be abridged or modified in [their] exercise by law.

He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.

Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.

I have sworn upon the altar of god.

We have already given in example one effectual check to the dog of war by transferring the power of letting him loose from the Executive to the Legislative body

I considered the British as our natural enemies, and as the only nation on earth who wished us ill from the bottom of their souls. And I am satisfied that were our continent to be swallowed up by the ocean, Great Britain would be in a bonfire from one end to the other.