A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them. He has a property of peculiar value in his religious opinions, and in the pr… - James Madison

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.

But we are always to keep in mind that it is safer to trust the consequences of a right principle, than reasonings in support of a bad one.

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 government hold their power, is derived, it seems strictly consonant to the republican theory, to recur to the same original authority, not only whenever it may be necessary to enlarge, diminish, or new-model the powers of the government, but also whenever any one of the departments may commit encroachments on the chartered authorities of the others.

Cool and candid people will at once reflect, that the purest of human blessings must have a portion of alloy in them; that the choice must always be made, if not of the lesser evil, at least of the GREATER, not the PERFECT, good.