All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America..

The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people..

The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but as for the ….

It gives me pleasure to find that public liberty is effectually secured in each and all the policies of the United States, though somewhat differentl….

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments..

We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy..

But Connecticut and Rhode Island have originally realized the most perfect polity as to a legislature..

The United States are under peculiar obligations to become a holy people unto the Lord our God..

Indians are numerous in the tropical regions; not so elsewhere..

Our trade opens to all the world..

All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America. ….

In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have ….

The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for the li….

But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government..

Let a bill, or law, be read, in the one branch or the other, every one instantly thinks how it will affect his constituents..

The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom..

Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public ….

A few scattered accounts, collected and combined together, may lead us to two certain conclusions: 1. That all the American Indians are one kind of p….

The Lord shall have made his American Israel high above all nations which he hath made..

Let the grand errand into America never be forgotten..

War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven..