The Power To Declare War,

The Accumulation Of All Powers, Legislative, Executive, And Judiciary, In The Same Hands, Whether Of One, A Few, Or Many, And Whether Hereditary, Selfappointed, Or Elective, May Justly Be Pronounced The Very Definition Of Tyranny.

The Establishment Of The Chaplainship To Congress Is A Palpable Violation Of ... Constitutional Principles.

As A Man Is Said To Have A Right To His Property, He May Be Equally Said To Have A Property In His Rights.

All Power In Human Hands Is Liable To Be Abused.

Every Answer He [president John Adams] Gives To His Addressers Unmasks More And More His Principles And Views. His Language To The Young Men At Philadelphia Is The Most Abominable And Degrading That Could Fall From The Lips Of The First Magistrate Of An Independent People, And Particularly From A Revolutionary Patriot.