"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…"

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

"The evils of a weak government are great and numerous."

"I have been a victim of my own imprudence."

"It is a truth, which has been taught by the experience of all ages, that the people are too apt to be led astray by the arts of popular demagogues."