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All Power Is Lodged In, And Consequently Derived From, The People. We Should Wear It As A Breastplate, And Buckle It On As Our Armour.

Whatever Power May Be Necessary For The National Government A Certain Portion Must Necessarily Be Left In The States. It Is Impossible For One Power To Pervade The Extreme Parts Of The U.s. So As To Carry Equal Justice To Them.

There Is A Passion Natural To The Mind Of Man, Especially A Free Man, Which Renders Him Impatient Of Restraint.

Happiness And Prosperity Are Now Within Our Reach; But To Attain And Preserve Them Must Depend Upon Our Own Wisdom And Virtue.

I Determined To Spend The Remainder Of My Days In Privacy And Retirement With My Children, From Whose Society Alone I Cou'd Expect Comfort.