“the path of politics should be cleared with the sword of the constitution”
“The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.”
“The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.”
“Why should the constitution of a peaceful individual hold less weight than the constitution of a nation?”
“If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might in a moral point of view justify revolution; certainly would if such right were a vital one. But such is not our case.”
“My mind is evidently so constituted that I am subconsciously forced into the path of duty without recourse to tiresome mental processes.”