Courtesies Of A Small And Trivial Character

There Is No Power Like Oratory. Caesar Controlled Men By Exciting Their Fears, Cicero By . . . Swaying Their Passions. The Influence Of The One Perished; That Of The Other Continues To This Day.

A Man Must Be A Born Fool Who Voluntarily Engages In Controversy With Mr. Adams On A Question Of Fact. I Doubt Whether He Was Ever Mistaken In His Life.

All Legislation, All Government, All Society Is Founded Upon The Principle Of Mutual Concession, Politeness, Comity, Courtesy; Upon These Everything Is Based...let Him Who Elevates Himself Above Humanity, Above Its Weaknesses, Its Infirmities, Its Wants, Its Necessities, Say, If He Pleases, I Will Never Compromise; But Let No One Who Is Not Above The Frailties Of Our Common Nature Disdain Compromises.

I Have No Commiseration For Princes. My Sympathies Are Reserved For The Great Mass Of Mankind ….

In All Cases Where Incidental Powers Are Acted Upon, The Principal And Incidental Ought To Be Congenial With Each Other, And Partake Of A Common Nature. The Incidental Power Ought To Be Strictly Subordinate And Limited To The End Proposed To Be Obtained By The Specified Power. In Other Words, Under The Name Of Accomplishing One Object Which Is Specified, The Power Implied Ought Not To Be Made To Embrace Other Objects, Which Are Not Specified In The Constitution.