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

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

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

The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom.

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

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.

The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for the liberty, free exercise, and unmolested enjoyment of this right.