Edmund Burke: “This instinct, I say, that binds all creatures to their country, never becomes inert in us, nor ever suffers us to want…”

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

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

They will become flatterers instead of legislators,--the instruments, not the guides of the people.

The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.