Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?

Our Constitution represents the work of the finger of Almighty God.

I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a proselyte to the doctrine, that public debts are public benefits. I consider them, on the contrary, as evils which ought to be removed as fast as honor and justice will permit.

The internal effects of a mutable policy are still more calamitous. It poisons the blessings of liberty itself.

[I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

The most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome.