Edmund Burke: “It is not reasonably to be expected that a public rapacious and improvident should be served by any of its subordinates…”

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.

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

The engagement and pact of society, which generally goes by the name of the Constitution, forbids such invasion and such surrender.

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.