Edmund Burke: “The example of a wise, moral, well-natured, and well-tempered spirit of freedom is that alone which can be useful to us…”

No experience has taught us that in any other course or method than that of an hereditary crown our liberties can be regularly perpetuated and preserved sacred as our hereditary right.

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.

They have little regard to the obvious consequences of their doctrine, though they may see that it leaves positive authority in very few of the positive institutions of this country.

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