Government destitute of energy, will ever produce anarchy.

A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained.

The express authority of the people alone could give validity to the Constitution.

The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment, and of giving to the state governments such an agency in the formation of the federal government, as must secure the authority of the former.

Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.

Liberty is to faction what air is to fire.

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