The People's Safety Is The Law Of

These Manly Sentiments, In Private Life, Make The Good Citizen; In Public Life, The Patriot And The Hero.

Parliaments Are In All Cases To Declare What Is Good For The Whole; But It Is Not The Declaration Of Parliament That Makes It So.

May It Please Your Honors: I Was Desired By One Of The Court To Look Into The Books, And Consider The Question Now Before Them Concerning Writs Of Assistance.

Government Is Founded Not On Force, As Was The Theory Of Hobbes; Nor On Compact, As Was The Theory Of Locke And Of The Revolution Of 1688; Nor On Property, As Was The Assertion Of Harrington. It Springs From The Necessities Of Our Nature, And Has An Everlasting Foundation In The Unchangeable Will Of God.

Let The Consequences Be What They Will, I Am Determined To Proceed.