Edmund Burke: “The Tartar invasion was mischievous; but it is our protection that destroys India.”

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.

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

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

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