Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government, I have considered the first arrangement of the judicial department as essential to the happiness of our country and to the stability of its' political system--hence the selection of the fittest characters to expound the laws, and dispense justice, has been an invariable object of my anxious concern.

To the security of a free Constitution it contributes in various ways: By convincing those, who are entrusted with the public administration, that every valuable end of Government is best answered by the enlightened confidence of the people: And by teaching the people themselves to know and to value their own rights; to discern and provide against invasions of them; to distinguish between oppression and the necessary exercise of lawful authority.

While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration... can very seriously injure the government

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.

No one can grow if he does not accept his smallness.