FedsAmong the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction
Anti FedsI had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire
FedsAn elective [monarchy] was not the government we fought for; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.
Anti FedsI consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground – that all powers not delegated (given) to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states, or to the people
Fedsturbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore the first class a ….permanent share in the government….they therefore will ever maintain good government
Anti FedsI am not among those who fear the people. They, not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom