"I have been so much in the habit of acting for myself that I am sometimes apt to forget that I am not alone in the world."

"Power, after all, can only be checked by power."

"Without a debt, a government would be without a basis for credit."

"The necessity of a vigorous, energetic government is not a new doctrine."

"Constitutions are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but to endure for ages."