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James Wilson was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Explore interesting quotes on other.
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“The executive power is better to be trusted when it has no screen. Sir, we have a responsibility in the person of our President; he cannot act improperly, and hide either his negligence or inattention; he cannot roll upon any other person the weight of his criminality; no appointment can take place without his nomination; and he is responsible for every nomination he makes… far from being above the laws, he is amenable to them in his private character as a citizen, and in his public character by impeachment.”

James Wilson

Arguing for a single executive at the Philadelphia Convention (1787).

Law , Personality

“By a State I mean, a complete body of free persons united together for their common benefit, to enjoy peaceably what is their own, and to do justice to others.”

James Wilson

Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. (2 Dallas) 419 (1793), at 455.

Justice , Personality

“Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is divine. Far from being rivals or enemies religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistance. Indeed, these two sciences run into each other.”

James Wilson

as quoted in The Works of the Honourable James Wilson (Philadelphia: Bronson and Chauncey, 1804), Vol. I, pp. 106 & 103-105.

Science , Sister , Religion , Law