Liberty is to faction what air is to fire..

A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against it, without….

It is very certain that [the commerce clause] grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and was intende….

If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to abolish an old government and e….

Philosophy is common sense with big words..

If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one….

The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place..

The house of representatives ... can make no law, which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as the great mass o….

The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be questioned..

Our Constitution represents the work of the finger of Almighty God..

So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous and f….

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments a….

The growing wealth aquired by them corporations never fails to be a source of abuses..

A bad cause seldom fails to betray itself..

The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect..

That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain to….

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. They are more:….

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or ….

Congress shall never disarm any citizen unless such as are or have been in actual rebellion..

Equal laws protecting equal rights…the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country..

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were t….