Choice By The People Themselves Is Not

I Sincerely Congratulate You On The Arrival Of The Mockingbird. Learn All The Children To Venerate It As A Superior Being In The Form Of A Bird, Or As A Being Which Will Haunt Them If Any Harm Is Done To Itself Or Its Eggs.

The Only Greater [evil] Than Separation... [is] Living Under A Government Of Discretion.

Equal And Exact Justice To All Men, Of Whatever State Or Persuasion.

The Man Who Loves His Country On Its Own Account, And Not Merely For Its Trappings Of Interest Or Power, Can Never Be Divorced For It, Can Never Refuse To Come Forward When He Finds That She Is Engaged In Dangers Which He Has The Means Of Warding Off.

Our Rulers Can Have Authority Over Such Natural Rights Only As We Have Submitted To Them.