We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.
It is the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.
To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to definition.
When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.