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on 3/6/1775
"Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important question, on which rest the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn. Act worthy of yourselves."
on 3/6/1819
"This provision is made in a Constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs."
on 3/6/1819
"An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation."
