John Jay

No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.

— John Jay

The Americans are the first people whom heaven has favoured with an opportunity of deliberating upon and choosing forms of government under which they should live.

— John Jay

It is presumed, that juries are the best judges of facts; it is, on the other hand, presumed that courts are the best judges of law. But still both objects are within your power of decision ... You have a right to take it upon yourselves to judge of both, and to determine the law as well as the fact in controversy.

— John Jay