Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.

What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise powers not warranted by its true meaning, I answer the same as if they should misconstrue or enlarge any other power vested in them . . . the success of the usurpation will depend on the executive and judiciary departments, which are to expound and give effect to the legislative acts; and in a last resort a remedy must be obtained from the people, who can by the elections of more faithful representatives, annul the acts of the usurpers.

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.

No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment.

Who are to be the electors of the Federal Representatives? Not the rich, more than the poor

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.