"It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really c…"

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground."

"Safety and happiness are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all ought to be sacrificed."

"I consider the present crisis as an occasion for the friends of the Government to rouse and exert themselves."

"Constitutions are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but to endure for ages."