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The House Is Composed Of Very Good Men, Not Shining, But Honest And Reasonably Well-informed, And In Time Will Be Found To Improve, And Not Much Inferior In Eloquence, Science, And Dignity, To The British Commons. They Are Patriotic Enough, And I Believe There Are More Stupid (as Well As More Shining) People In The Latter, In Proportion.

We Are, Heart And Soul, Friends To The Freedom Of The Press...it Is A Precious Pest, And A Necessary Mischief, And There Would Be No Liberty Without It.

No One Ever Became, Or Can Become Truly Eloquent Without Being A Reader Of The Bible, And An Admirer Of The Purity And Sublimity Of Its Language.

[o]ur Sages In The Great [constitutional] Convention... Intended Our Government Should Be A Republic Which Differs More Widely From A Democracy Than A Democracy From A Despotism. The Rigours Of A Despotism Often... Oppress Only A Few, But It Is The Very Essence And Nature Of A Democracy, For A Faction Claiming To Oppress A Minority, And That Minority The Chief Owners Of The Property And Truest Lovers Of Their Country.

That Can Never Be Reasoned Down Which Was Not Reasoned Up.