"The House is composed of very good men, not shining, but honest and reasonably well-informed, and in time they will b…"

"I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law."

"Madison has inserted in his amendments the increase of representatives, each State having two at least. The rights of…"

"[The framers of the Constitution] “intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a dem…"

"The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away."

"The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness, which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be, l…"

"The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people. Fre…"

"Why then, if these books for children must be retained, as they will be, should not the bible regain the place it onc…"

"It was said by Fisher Ames that “falsehood proceeds from Maine to Georgia, while truth is pulling on his boots”."

"Fisher Ames expressed the popular security more wisely, when he compared a monarchy and a republic, saying, "that a m…"