If this spirit shall ever be so far debased, as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate any thing but liberty.

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

Resistance to tyranny is service to God.

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.

For what purpose could the enumeration of particular powers be inserted, if these and all others were meant to be included in the preceding general power?

[Montesquieu] lifted the veil from the venerable errors which enslaved opinion, and pointed the way to those luminous truths of which he had but a glimpse himself.

The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the people would develop plans of resistance and resort to arms.