"Where-ever Law ends, Tyranny begins."

"The right of judging, that is, of determining all matters of controversy between subjects, whether they concern the interpretation of laws, or the examination of facts, belongs to the magistrate."

"The common reason of mankind, which is the law of nature, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty,…"

"Men, being by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent."

"The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs... has been, not whether there be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who…"