Edmund Burke: “Their delusive good intention is no sort of excuse for their presumption.”

If any of them should happen to propose a scheme of liberty soberly limited, and defined with proper qualifications, he will be immediately outbid by his competitors, who will produce something more splendidly popular.

Let us imitate their caution, if we wish to deserve their fortune or to retain their bequests.

Not being illuminated with the light of which the gentlemen of France tell us they have got so abundant a share, they acted under a strong impression of the ignorance and fallibility of mankind.

Our people will find employment enough for a truly patriotic, free, and independent spirit, in guarding what they possess from violation.