Our Peculiar Security Is In The Possession

I Hold It That A Little Rebellion, Now And Then, Is A Good Thing, And As Necessary In The Political World As Storms Are In The Physical. Unsuccessful Rebellions, Indeed, Generally Establish The Encroachments On The Rights Of The People, Which Have Produced Them. An Observation Of This Truth Should Render Honest Republican Governors So Mild In Their Punishment Of Rebellions, As Not To Discourage Them Too Much. It Is Medicine Necessary For The Sound Health Of Government.

It Is For The Benefit Of Mankind To Mitigate The Horrors Of War As Much As Possible.

[the Federal Convention] Is Really An Assembly Of Demigods.

Law Is Often The Tyrant's Will, And Always So When It Violates The Right Of An Individual.

Our Country Is Now Taking So Steady A Course As To Show By What Road It Will Pass To Destruction, To Wit: By Consolidation Of Power First, And Then Corruption, Its Necessary Consequence.