“I never was satisfied with the description given of the law of nations , commonly so called, That it is a law established among nations by ...

 “We must admire, as the key stone of civil liberty, the statute which forces the secrets of every prison to be revealed, the cause of every...

“Virtue is a necessary constituent of national strength: capacity, and a vigorous understanding, are no less necessary to sustain the fortun...

“Republican governments, in general, are in hazard of ruin from the ascendant of particular factions, and from the mutinous spirit of a popu...

Following a couple of mentions that I made last month of the old legal maxims (and their value), I now present one of my favorites, as it wa...

“But if a rigorous policy, applied to enslave, not to restrain from crimes, has an actual tendency to corrupt the manners, and to extinguish...

“Whatever be the national extent, civil order, and regular government, are advantages of the greatest importance; but it does not follow, th...

“States, even distinguished for military prowess, sometimes lay down their arms from lassitude, and are weary of fruitless contentions; but ...