It Is Harder To Preserve Than To

It Would Be Well For Those Interested To Reflect Whether There Now Exists, Or Ever Has Existed, A Wealthy And Civilized Community In Which One Portion Did Not Live On The Labor Of Another; And Whether The Form In Which Slavery Exists In The South Is Not But One Modification Of This Universal Condition... Let Those Who Are Interested Remember That Labor Is The Only Source Of Wealth, And How Small A Portion Of It, In All Old And Civilized Countries, Even The Best Governed, Is Left To Those By Whose Labor Wealth Is Created.

The Object Of A Constitution Is To Restrain The Government, As That Of Laws Is To Restrain Individuals.

Beware The Wrath Of A Patient Adversary.

The Interval Between The Decay Of The Old And The Formation And Establishment Of The New Constitutes A Period Of Transition Which Must Always Necessarily Be One Of Uncertainty, Confusion, Error, And Wild And Fierce Fanaticism.

The Union Next To Our Liberties The Most Dear. May We All Remember That It Can Only Be Preserved By Respecting The Rights Of The States, And Distributing Equally The Benefits And Burdens Of The Union.