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- It was by the sober sense of our citizens that we were safely and steadily conducted from monarchy to republicanism, and it is by the…
- We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of…
- Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.…
- Outlets for the freed blacks are alone wanted for the erasure of the blot from our Republican character.
- The rich man, when contributing to a permanent plan for the education of the poor, ought to reflect that he is providing for that of…
- It degrades from the equal rank of Citizens all those whose opinions in Religion do not bend to those of the Legislative authority. Distant as…
- When indeed Religion is kindled into enthusiasm, its force like that of other passions is increased by the sympathy of a multitude. But enthusiasm is…
- The settled opinion here is that religion is essentially distinct from Civil Govt. and exempt from its cognizance; that a connection between them is injurious…
- The civil government ... functions with complete success ... by the total separation of the Church from the State.
- It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential to a just…
- There is in every breast a sensibility to marks of honor, of favor, of esteem, and of confidence, which, apart from all considerations of interest,…
- It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with…
- As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of…
- [A]ll power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of…
- One nation is to another what one individual is to another; with this melancholy distinction perhaps, that the former with fewer of the benevolent emotions…
- [A]s it must be admitted that the remedy under the Constitution lies where it has been marked out by the Constitution; and that no appeal…
- I, sir, have always conceived - I believe those who proposed the constitution conceived,and it is still more fully known, and more material to observe,…
- It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States, derived from the supreme authority in each State, the authority of the people…
- In all the co-temporary discussions and comments, which the Constitution underwent, it was constantly justified and recommended on the ground, that the powers not given…
- The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected with them, and…
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