Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.

By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest... The latent causes of faction are sown in the nature of man.

No error is more certain than the one proceeding from a hasty and superficial view of the subject.

A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.

The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.

Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.

If justice, good faith, honor, gratitude and all the other qualities which enoble the character of a nation, and fulfill the ends of Government be the fruits of our establishments, the cause of liberty will acquire a dignity and lustre, which it has never yet enjoyed, and an example will be set, which can not but have the most favorable influence on the rights of Mankind.