Apunte en su diario refiriéndose al juez del Tribunal Supremo John Marshall.
Original: «I told him it was law logic—an artificial system of reasoning, exclusively used in courts of justice, but good for nothing anywhere else».
Fuente: Strier, Franklin D. Reconstructing Justice: An Agenda for Trial Reform. Editorial Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994. ISBN 9780899305684. Página 6. https://books.google.es/books?id=5LPF3rHUmloC&pg=PA6&dq=I+told+him+it+was+law+logic-an+artificial+system+of+reasoning,+exclusively+used+in+courts+of+justice,+but+good+for+nothing+anywhere+else&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTrInZnObfAhXRAmMBHRGLBtQQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=I%20told%20him%20it%20was%20law%20logic-an%20artificial%20system%20of%20reasoning%2C%20exclusively%20used%20in%20courts%20of%20justice%2C%20but%20good%20for%20nothing%20anywhere%20else&f=false