Suspicion is a Virtue, if in the interests of the good of the people.

I shall act as I think my duty requires.

Be of good courage, my son, and remember that the best men always make themselves.

The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.

You are not to inquire how your trade may be increased, nor how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your liberties can be secured; for liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.

My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants.

The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to me horribly frightful. Among other deformities, it has an awful squinting - it squints towards monarchy. And does not this raise indignation in the breast of every true American? Your president may easily become king. Where are your checks in this government? I would rather infinitely - and I am sure most of this convention are of the same opinion - have a king, lords, and commons than a government so replete with such insupportable evils.