The Loss Of Liberty To A Generous

I Propose . . . . The Conformity Of The Proposed Constitution To The True Principles Of Republican Government.

[h]owever Weak Our Country May Be, I Hope We Shall Never Sacrifice Our Liberties.

There Can Be No Time, No State Of Things, In Which Credit Is Not Essential To A Nation.

The Variety Of More Minute Interests, Which Will Necessarily Fall Under The Superintendence Of The Local Administrations . . . Cannot Be Particularized Without Involving A Detail Too Tedious And Uninteresting To Compensate For The Instruction It Might Afford.

It Will Be Forgotten, On The One Hand, That Jealousy Is The Usual Concomitant Of Violent Love, And That The Noble Enthusiasm Of Liberty Is Too Apt To Be Infected With A Spirit Of Narrow And Illiberal Distrust. On The Other Hand, It Will Be Equally Forgotten, That The Vigour Of Government Is Essential To The Security Of Liberty.