I Am Not, Sir, In Favor Of

I Have No Commiseration For Princes. My Sympathies Are Reserved For The Great Mass Of Mankind ….

The Imposition Of Taxes Has Its Limits. There Is A Maximum Which Cannot Be Transcended. Suppose The Citizen To Be Taxed By The General Government To The Utmost Extent Of His Ability, Or A Thing As Much As It Can Possibly Bear, And The State Imposes A Tax At The Same Time, Which Authority Is To Take It?

The Constitution Of The United States Was Made Not Merely For The Generation That Then Existed, But For Posterity- Unlimited, Undefined, Endless, Perpetual Posterity.

The Great Advantage Of Our System Of Government Over All Others, Is, That We Have A Written Constitution, Defining Its Limits, And Prescribing Its Authorities; And That, However, For A Time, Faction May Convulse The Nation, And Passion And Party Prejudice Sway Its Functionaries, The Season Of Reflection Will Recur, When Calmly Retracing Their Deeds, All Aberrations From Fundamental Principle Will Be Corrected.

In All Cases Where Incidental Powers Are Acted Upon, The Principal And Incidental Ought To Be Congenial With Each Other, And Partake Of A Common Nature. The Incidental Power Ought To Be Strictly Subordinate And Limited To The End Proposed To Be Obtained By The Specified Power. In Other Words, Under The Name Of Accomplishing One Object Which Is Specified, The Power Implied Ought Not To Be Made To Embrace Other Objects, Which Are Not Specified In The Constitution.