01/01/1788
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"The vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty."
"Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates."
"The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts."
"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society."