Trial by jury is part of the bright constellation which leads to peace, liberty and safety.

If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong.

The opinions and beliefs of men follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds.

Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

The tumults in America I expected would have produced in Europe an unfavorable opinion of our political state. But it has not. On the contrary, the small effect of these tumults seems to have given more confidence in the firmness of our governments. The interposition of the people themselves on the side of government has had a great effect on the opinion here in Europe.

The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us.