Edmund Burke: “Description, verbal, a means of raising a stronger emotion than painting, i. 133.”

The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried, nor go back to those which they have found mischievous on trial.

By adhering in this manner and on those principles to our forefathers, we are guided, not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophic analogy.

As he is not to obey us, but we are to obey the law in him, our Constitution has made no sort of provision towards rendering him, as a servant, in any degree responsible.

They have little regard to the obvious consequences of their doctrine, though they may see that it leaves positive authority in very few of the positive institutions of this country.