So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean

Who then can so softly bind up the wound of another as he who has felt the same wound himself.

One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.

Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.

The best (remedy) I can devise would be to give future commissions to (federal) judges for six years with a re-appointability by the President with the approbation of both houses. If this would not be independence enough, I know not what would be.

To history therefore I must refer for answer, in which it would be an unhappy passage indeed, which should shew by what fatal indulgence of subordinate views and passions, a contest for an atom had defeated well founded prospects of giving liberty to half the globe.