Albert Beveridge: “Such a contract, in relation to a publick institution would be absurd and contrary to the principles of all governments.…”

Any nation, however, may by statute declare an act to be piratical which is not so by the law of nations; and such an act is punishable only by that particular state and not by other governments.

The nature of men forbids us to conclude that we are in no danger from war.

In argument and reasoning he was the equal if not the superior of Madison himself; and his grim personality made the meek one of Madison seem tender in comparison.

But an act universally recognized as criminal, such as robbery, murder, and the like, "is an offense against the community of nations.