The Legitimate Powers Of Government Extend To

It Is Time Enough, For The Rightful Purposes Of Civil Government, For Its Officers To Interfere [in The Propagation Of Religious Teachings] When Principles Break Out Into Overt Acts Against Peace And Good Order.

Our Rulers Can Have Authority Over Such Natural Rights Only As We Have Submitted To Them.

The Most Sacred Of The Duties Of A Government [is] To Do Equal And Impartial Justice To All Its Citizens.

Nothing Betrays Imbecility So Much As The Being Insensible Of It.

The Moral Sense Is As Much A Part Of Our Constitution As That Of Feeling, Seeing, Or Hearing.