Edmund Burke: “I am well aware that men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty.”

Their trust for the future preservation of the Constitution was not in future revolutions.

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.

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.

Those who are servants in name, as well as in effect, do not like to be told of their situation, their duty, and their obligations.