Edmund Burke: “To bear more, she must have more ability; and, in the order of Nature, the advantage must precede the charge.”

Who could doubt but that, at any expense to the state, of which they understood nothing, they must pursue their private interests, which they understood but too well?

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

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

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.