"Take away the fetters—the business of society will go on—the States will be for ever in debt, and be for ever struggling with the embarrassments of a depreciating paper."

"The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true in fact. The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom…"

"My ambition is not of the kind which aims at power."

"I have always been in favor of a general government, and I am in favor of it now."

"A weak government is but another name for a bad government."