By [the] operations [of public improvement] new channels of communication will be opened between the States; the lines of separation will disappear, their interests will be identified, and their union cemented by new and indissoluble ties.

Every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact (casus non faederis) to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits. Without this right, they would be under the dominion, absolute and unlimited, of whosoever might exercise this right of judgment for them.

The failure of one thing is repaired by the success of another.

How soon the labor of men would make a paradise of the earth were it not for misgovernment and a diversion of his energies to selfish interests.

No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism.

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.