I Would Die To Preserve The Law

The Obscurity Is Much Oftener In The Passions And Prejudices Of The Reasoner Than In The Subject.

When Human Laws Contradict Or Discountenance The Means, Which Are Necessary To Preserve The Essential Rights Of Any Society, They Defeat The Proper End Of All Laws, And So Become Null And Void.

It Is Of The Nature Of War To Increase The Executive At The Expense Of The Legislative Authority.

Constitutions Should Consist Only Of General Provisions; The Reason Is That They Must Necessarily Be Permanent, And That They Cannot Calculate For The Possible Change Of Things.

A Treaty Cannot Be Made Which Alters The Constitution Of The Country, Or Which Infringes And Express Exceptions To The Power Of The Constitution.