But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union, assembled by their deputies in convention, at the call of Congress or of two-thirds of the States. Let them decide to which they mean to give an authority claimed by two of their organs. And it has been the peculiar wisdom and felicity of our Constitution, to have provided this peaceable appeal, where that of other nations is at once to force.

We see the wisdom of Solon's remark, that no more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.

An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.

Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

One of my favorite ideas is, never to keep an unnecessary soldier.

The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.