"The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution."

"I have a strong propensity to look at the dark side of things."

"Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint."

"Good government is not to be obtained by placing the whole power in the hands of the people."

"It is a principle of liberty that the people have a right to choose the form of government under which they will live."