No Free Government, Or The Blessings Of

Nothing So Strongly Impels A Man To Regard The Interest Of His Constituents, As The Certainty Of Returning To The General Mass Of The People, From Whence He Was Taken, Where He Must Participate In Their Burdens.

All Power Is Vested In, And Consequently Derived From, The People; [...] Magistrates Are Their Trustees And Servants, And At All Times Amenable To Them.

Is It To Be Expected That The Southern States Will Deliver Themselves Bound Hand And Foot To The Eastern States? A Few Rich Merchants In Philadelphia, Boston, And New York Could Thereby Monopolise The Staples Of The Southern States And Reduce Their Value.

We Are Now To Rank Among The Nations Of The World; But Whether Our Independence Shall Prove A Blessing Or A Curse Must Depend Upon Our Own Wisdom Or Folly, Virtue Or Wickedness.... Justice And Virtue Are The Vital Principles Of Republican Government.

I Ask, Sir, What Is The Militia? It Is The Whole People Except For A Few Public Officials.