For if one link in nature's chain might be lost, another might be lost, until the whole of things will vanish by piecemeal.

This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, not tolerate error as long as reason is left free to combat it.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

Law is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual.

It is in the love of one's family only that heartfelt happiness is known.

The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither.

The construction applied . . . to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a power . . . ought not to be construed as themselves to give unlimited powers, nor a part to be so taken as to destroy the whole residue of that instrument.