“I mean ... to let you know how deeply I am impressed with a sense of the importance of Amendments; that the good people may clearly see the distinction - for there is a distinction - between the federal powers vested in Congress and the sovereign authority belonging to the several States, which is the Palladium [the protection] of the private and personal rights of the citizens.” PeopleKnowsMayMeanStatesKnow HowRightsCitizensAuthorityImportanceCongressProtectionDistinctionBelongingGood PeopleAmendmentsImpressedSovereignPersonal Rights Author:Samuel
“The first point of justice ... consists in piety; nothing certainly being so great a debt upon us as to render to the Creator and Preserver those acknowledgments which are due to Him for our being and the hourly protection He affords us.” FirstsJusticeCreatorDebtProtectionDuesPietyAcknowledgment Author:Samuel