It cannot be precisely known how any thing is good or bad, till it is precisely known what it is..

If nature had produced spontaneously all the objects which we desire, and in sufficient abundance for the desires of all, there would have been no so….

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few, or of several, those….

Every man should be considered as having a right to the character which he deserves; that is, to be spoken of according to his actions..

Of the laws of nature, on which the condition of man depends, that which is attended with the greatest number of consequences, is the necessity of la….

Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all..

The government and the people are under a moral necessity of acting together; a free press compels them to bend to one another..

No good government can ever want more than two things for its support: 1st, Its own excellence; and, 2dly, a people sufficiently instructed, to be aw….