And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self preservation and defense.

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

Free men have arms; slaves do not.

The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of law, when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and spirit of it; or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it. for when this reason ceased, the law itself ought likewise to cease with it.

Herein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form a mutual check upon each other.

The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.

No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God