What American Said:?

Question

"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 or obscured by mortal power."

Answer 1

Alexander Hamilton

Answer 2

I would say Harriet"the Hatchet Job" Miers - Bush's choice for the Supreme Court but something tells me I just might be wrong about that.