It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

The same rule that teaches the propriety of a partition between the various branches of power, teaches us likewise that this partition ought to be so contrived as to render the one independent of the other.

As riches increase and accumulate in few hands . . . the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard.

Tyranny has perhaps oftener grown out of the assumptions of power, called for, on pressing exigencies, by a defective constitution, than out of the full exercise of the largest constitutional authorities.

A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.

The love for our native land strengthens our individual and national character.

CREDIT supposes specific and permanent funds for the punctual payment of interest, with a moral certainty of a final redemption of the principal.