QUOTES
every
domestic enjoyment depends on the unimpaired possession of civil and religious
liberty.
Democratic
principles are the result of equality of condition.
Our
situation is truly delicate and critical. On the one hand we are in need of a
strong federal government founded on principles that will support he prosperity
and union of the colonies. On the other we have struggled for liberty and made
costly sacrifices at her shrine and there are still many among us who revere her
name too much to relinquish {beyond a certain medium} the rights of man for the
dignity of government.
A
superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense
of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually
terminates in aristocracy.
"The
rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments"
