When Human Laws Contradict Or Discountenance The

Can Any Reasonable Man Be Well Disposed Toward A Government Which Makes War And Carnage The Only Means Of Supporting Itself?

Schemes To Subvert The Liberties Of A Great Community Require Time To Mature Them For Execution.

I Go Further, And Affirm That Bills Of Rights, In The Sense And To The Extent In Which They Are Contended For, Are Not Only Unnecessary In The Proposed Constitution, But Would Even Be Dangerous. They Would Contain Various Exceptions To Powers Not Granted; And On This Very Account, Would Afford A Colorable Pretext To Claim More Than Were Granted. For Why Declare That Things Shall Not Be Done Which There Is No Power To Do?

The Best We Can Hope For Concerning The People At Large Is That They Be Properly Armed.

The Genius Of The People Will Ill Brook The Inquisitive And Peremptory Spirit Of Excise Laws.