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I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government.

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If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy.
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Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution.
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There can be no time, no state of things, in which Credit is not essential to a Nation.
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And it is long since I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.
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A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trusts for which it is responsible, free from every other control but a regard to the public good and to the sense of the people.
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