“Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others.”

“Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.”

“Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty.”

“Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty.”

“The spirit of the law is the least of the things we're prepared to violate.”

“Every love story,every commercial trade, every secret, every matter in which trust is involved, is a gentle transaction of hostages. Everything is, to a degree, in the custody of every other thing. Blackmail, kidnapping, then, are among the extreme violations of the deal. Anyway, I seem to be about to have Jim's child; at least, I think I will, and the thing is I haven't mentioned it to Jim.”