Hak sakral umat manusia tidak boleh digeledah di antara perkamen tua atau catatan apak. Mereka ditulis, seperti sinar matahari, dalam seluruh volume sifat manusia, oleh tangan keilahian itu sendiri; dan tidak akan pernah bisa dihapus. Asli: The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.

— Kata-kata Bijak dari Alexander Hamilton