No Man Can Be A Sound Lawyer

A Large Portion Of Our Citizens, Who Will Not Believe, Even On The Evidence Of Facts, That Any Public Evils Exist, Or Are Impending. They Deride The Apprehensions Of Those Who Foresee, That Licentiousness Will Prove, As It Ever Has Proved, Fatal To Liberty.

The Known Propensity Of A Democracy Is To Licentiousness Which The Ambitious Call, And Ignorant Believe To Be Liberty.

I Am Commonly Opposed To Those Who Modestly Assume The Rank Of Champions Of Liberty, And Make A Very Patriotic Noise About The People. It Is The Stale Artifice Which Has Duped The World A Thousand Times, And Yet, Though Detected, It Is Still Successful. I Love Liberty As Well As Anybody. I Am Proud Of It, As The True Title Of Our People To Distinction Above Others; But . . . I Would Guard It By Making The Laws Strong Enough To Protect It.

The Rights Of Conscience, Of Bearing Arms, Of Changing The Government, Are Declared To Be Inherent In The People.

We Are, Heart And Soul, Friends To The Freedom Of The Press...it Is A Precious Pest, And A Necessary Mischief, And There Would Be No Liberty Without It.