A Lawyer Without Books Would Be Like

Questions Of Natural Right Are Triable By Their Conformity With The Moral Sense And Reason Of Man.

As New Discoveries Are Made, New Truths Discovered And Manners And Opinions Change With The Change Of Circumstances, Institutions Must Advance Also To Keep Pace With The Times.

In America, No Other Distinction Between Man And Man Had Ever Been Known But That Of Persons In Office Exercising Powers By Authority Of The Laws, And Private Individuals. Among These Last, The Poorest Laborer Stood On Equal Ground With The Wealthiest Millionaire, And Generally On A More Favored One Whenever Their Rights Seem To Jar.

If We Cannot Secure All Our Rights, Let Us Secure What We Can.

I Have No Ambition To Govern Men; It Is A Painful And Thankless Office.