The Liberties Of A People Never Were,

It Is Natural For Man To Indulge In The Illusions Of Hope. We Are Apt To Shut Our Eyes Against A Painful Truth, And Listen To The Song Of That Siren Till She Transforms Us Into Beasts... For My Part, Whatever Anguish Of Spirit It May Cost, I Am Willing To Know The Whole Truth, To Know The Worst, And To Provide For It.

[our Constitution] Is An Instrument For The People To Restrain The Government.

What Right Do They Have To Say "we The People" Rather Than We The States?

Adversity Toughens Manhood, And The Characteristic Of The Good Or The Great Man Is Not That He Has Been Exempt From The Evils Of Life, But That He Has Surmounted Them.

Should I Keep Back My Opinions At Such A Time, Through Fear Of Giving Offense, I Should Consider Myself As Guilty Of Treason Towards My Country, And Of An Act Of Disloyalty Toward The Majesty Of Heaven, Which I Revere Above All Earthly Kings.