Loyalty, in the heart and understanding of an englishman, is a rational attachment to the guardian of the laws.

The submission of free people to the executive authority of government, is no more than a compliance with laws which they themselves have enacted.

I believe there is yet a spirit of resistance in this country, which will not submit to be oppressed; but I am sure there is a fund of good sense in this count…

The liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman.

Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.

Law: an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.

Precedents deliberately established by wise men are entitled to great weight. They are evidence of truth, but only evidence...But a solitary precedent...which …