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The spirit of resistance to government is so...
We are all doubtless bound to contribute...
[The People] are the ultimate, guardians of their...
I tolerate with utmost latitude the right...
I hold it, that a little rebellion,...
A wise and frugal Government, which shall...
I will add, that the man who...
Were parties here divided merely by a greediness...
On every question of construction [of the Constitution]...
History, in general, only informs us what...
Agriculture, manufacturers, commerce, and navigation, the four...
For a people who...
You seem ... to consider the judges...
I consider the foundation of the Constitution...
It is as useless to argue with...
The God who gave...
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed...
It is unfortunate, that the efforts of mankind...
I will now tell you what I do...
By a declaration of rights, I mean...
It is error alone which needs the support...
[N]othing in the Constitution has given [the...
When all government, in little as in great...
The several states composing the United States...
[T]o consider the judges as the ultimate...
Force (is) the vital principle and immediate...
Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely...
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because,...
At the establishment of our constitutions, the judiciary...
We are not to expect to be translated...
You seem ... to consider the judges...
I am for a government rigorously frugal...
No man has a natural right to commit...
The legislative powers of the government reach...
The boisterous sea of liberty is never...
Nothing can be more exactly and seriously...
I own I am not a friend...
I consider the foundation of the Constitution...
I never did, or countenanced, in public...
Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens....
An elective despotism was not the government...
Nothing can now be believed which is seen...
Error of opinion may be tolerated when...
What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine...
Were we directed from Washington when to sow...
With respect to the new Government, nine...
Experience has already shown that the impeachment...
[W]hensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers,...
The true theory of our Constitution is surely...
Let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety...
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