โThe powers contained in the constitutionโฆ.ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good.โ
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โThe powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those that are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.โ
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โI am not among those who fear the people. They, not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom.โ
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โโฆ the power vested in congress of sending troops for suppressing insurrections will always enable them to stifle the first struggles of freedom."
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โWhen the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
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โAll communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born; the other, the mass of peopleโฆ. The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore the first class
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โAn elective [monarchy] was not the government we fought for; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being
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โAmong the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction.โ
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"The rights guaranteed to the people should be included in the Constitution or else they are not guaranteed."
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โThe small landowners are the most precious part of the state.โ
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"I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire."
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โIf men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary."