The Second Office In The Government Is

Truth Will Do Well Enough If Left To Shift For Herself.

The Provisions We Have Made [for Our Government] Are Such As Please Ourselves; They Answer The Substantial Purposes Of Government And Of Justice, And Other Purposes Than These Should Not Be Answered.

[oppose] With Manly Firmness [any] Invasions On The Rights Of The People.

No Nation Is Drunken Where Wine Is Cheap.

Laws And Institutions Must Go Hand In Hand With The Progress Of The Human Mind. . . . We Might As Well Require A Man To Wear The Coat Which Fitted Him When A Boy As Civilized Society To Remain Forever Under The Regimen Of Their Barbarous Ancestors.