These examples, though as unfit for the imitation, as they are repugnant to the genius of America, are notwithstanding . . . very instructive proofs of the necessity of some institution that will blend stability with liberty.

A victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master.

But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain.

These considerations and many others that might be mentioned prove, and experience confirms it, that artisans and manufacturers will commonly be disposed to bestow their votes on merchants.

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

[Property] embraces everything to which a man may attach a value and have a right.

It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.