When extraordinary power and extraordinary pay are allotted to any individual in a government, he becomes the center, round which every kind of corruption generates and forms.

A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.

...the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity.

"Government," says Swift, "is a plain thing, and fitted to the capacity of many heads."

Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.

It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.

No nation ought to be without a debt. A national debt is a national bond; and when it bears no interest, is in no case a grievance.