John Jay: “Those who are to be the judges of the law ought to be independent, and under the influence of none but heaven.”

The Union will be more happy, more respectable, and more durable, if all the parts of it consider themselves as mutual friends and fellow-citizens.

The wisdom of a few has often outweighed the clamor of many.

The people are the sovereign of this country, and consequently the founders of such a society as that of the United States.

Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people—a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government.