No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. — John Jay Copy Share Image
“It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect… — John Jay Copy Share Image
Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government… — John Jay Copy Share Image
“We must go home to be happy, and our home is not in this world. Here we have nothing to do but our duty.” — John Jay Copy Share Image
As the select assemblies for choosing the President, as well as the State legislatures who appoint the senators, will in general be composed of… — John Jay Copy Share Image
The jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy. — John Jay Copy Share Image
I saw one excellency was within my reach - it was brevity and I determined to obtain it. — John Jay Copy Share Image
No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. — John Jay Copy Share Image
“Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed.” — John Jay Copy Share Image
Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers. And it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest, of… — John Jay Copy Share Image
“Too many in your state [Pennsylvania], as in this [New York], love pure democracy dearly. They seem not to consider that pure democracy, like… — John Jay Copy Share Image
“It has often given my pleasure to observe, that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one connected fertile,… — John Jay Copy Share Image
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