Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been leveled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and science are deeply to be regretted, inasmuch as [...]
And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that [...]
No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands or tenements].
The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.
