“If we are to violate the Constitution, will the people submit to our unauthorized acts? Sir, they ought not to submit; they would deserve the chains that these measures are forging for them. The country will swarm with informers, spies,… — Edward Livingston Copy Share Image
It means that through knowledge have come responsibility and hope, and through both, action. — Edward Livingston Copy Share Image
No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to… — Edward Livingston Copy Share Image
By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks,… — Edward Livingston Copy Share Image
“If we are to violate the Constitution, will the people submit to our unauthorized acts? Sir, they ought not to submit; they would deserve… — Edward Livingston Copy Share Image
