[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the especial duty of government ….

A new invention to poison people ... is not a patentable invention..

It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace..

One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to ke….

Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and ca….

The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by ru….

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to….

A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad ….

The truth is, that, even with the most secure tenure of office, during good behavior, the danger is not, that the judges will be too firm in resistin….

Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if th….

No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend th….

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils,….

The real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity….

It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship of God, and the suppor….

Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural law . . . . It is the pa….

In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government. They can….

One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offence to ke….

This provision (the 4th Amendment) speaks for itself. Its plain object is to secure the perfect enjoyment of that great right of the common law, that….

Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age may ill ….

The promulgation of the great doctrines of religion, the being, and attributes, and providence of one Almighty God: the responsibility to him for all….

I verily believe Christianity necessary to the support of civil society. One of the beautiful boasts of our municipal jurisprudence is that Christian….