Mankind Will Not Be Reasoned Out Of

Men Was Formed For Society, And Is Neither Capable Of Living Alone, Nor Has The Courage To Do It.

The Most Universal And Effectual Way Of Discovering The True Meaning Of Law, When The Words Are Dubious, Is By Considering The Reason And Spirit Of It; Or The Cause Which Moved The Legislator To Enact It. For When This Reason Ceased, The Law Itself Ought Likewise To Cease With It.

Free Men Have Arms; Slaves Do Not.

To Deny The Possibility, Nay, The Actual Existence Of Witchcraft And Sorcery, Is At Once Flatly To Contradict The Revealed Word Of God In Various Passages Both Of The Old And New Testament, And The Thing Itself Is A Truth To Which Every Nation In The World Hath, In Its Turn, Borne Testimony, By Either Example Seemingly Well Attested Or By Prohibitory Laws, Which At Least Suppose The Possibility Of A Commerce With Evil Spirits.

The Law, Which Restrains A Man From Doing Mischief To His Fellow Citizens, Though It Diminishes The Natural, Increases The Civil Liberty Of Mankind.