It is jealousy and not confidence which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those whom we are obliged to trust with power... Our Constitution has accordingly fixed the limits to which, and no further, our confidence may go... In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.

Resolved ... that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears for the safety of our rights: that confidenc…

I am for freedom of religion, & against all maneuvres to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another.

A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their governmen…

Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which ar…

The power given by the Constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto is a high conservative power; but in my opinion it should never be exercised except …

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United…