So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants.

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

Difference of opinion leads to enquiry, and enquiry to truth; and I am sure...we both value too much the freedom of opinion sanctioned by our Constitution, not to cherish its exercise even where in opposition to ourselves.

Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

Ambition is a tricky little animal to tame. It is very skillful at concealing itself from its master.

The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.

Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.