The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts.
The judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Const...
The wisdom of a few has often outweighed the clamor of many.
Those who are to be the judges of the law ought to be independent, and under the influence of none but heaven.
It is essential to the security of liberty that the government in general should have a common interest with the people.
Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal contro...
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as trul...
In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates.
Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.
A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its...
A well-adjusted government should be a firm guardian of the nation’s property and interests, while allowing for the free...
The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people.
The diversity in the faculties of men from which the rights of property originate is not less an insuperable obstacle to...
As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
