Edmund Burke: “Long before this act, indeed, the spirit of toleration began to gain ground in Europe.”

As he is not to obey us, but we are to obey the law in him, our Constitution has made no sort of provision towards rendering him, as a servant, in any degree responsible.

Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.

By adhering in this manner and on those principles to our forefathers, we are guided, not by the superstition of antiquarians, but by the spirit of philosophic analogy.

The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable.