The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people.

In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom.

The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but as for the rest of this continent, they were constant losers in trade.

Our trade opens to all the world.

Let a bill, or law, be read, in the one branch or the other, every one instantly thinks how it will affect his constituents.

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.

We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy.