A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece of wood? He has a right to use his knife to cut his meat, a fork to hold it; may a patentee take from him the right to combine their use on the same subject? Such a law, instead of enlarging our conveniences, as was intended, would most fearfully abridge them, and crowd us by monopolies out of the use of the things we have.

I like well your idea of issuing treasury notes bearing interest, because I am persuaded they would soon be withdrawn from circulation and locked up in vaults …

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

The Christian priesthood, finding the doctrines of Christ levelled to every understanding, and too plain to need explanation, saw in the mysticism of Plato, ma…

If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete …

While control is needed, and perfectly warranted, our bias should be clear up front: Monopolies are not justified by theory; they should be permitted only when…

Our Government springs from and was made for the people - not the people for the Government. To them it owes allegiance; from them it must derive its courage, …