John Jay actually said...

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-ci...

A strong sense of the value of union induced the people, at a very early period, to institute a federal government.

Among the many objects to which a wise and free people find it necessary to direct their attention, that of providing for their safety seems...