Henry Knox
Henry Knox
Henry Knoxwas a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, who also served as the first United States Secretary of War from 1789 to 1794...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 July 1750
CountryUnited States of America
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But we find that we are men,-actual men, possessing all the turbulent passions belonging to that animal, and that we must have a government proper and adequate for him.
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We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public.
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They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government.
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The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential for their own welfare or for the general good.
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The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect.
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Unless this is done, we shall be liable to be ruled by an arbitrary and capricious armed tyranny, whose word and will must be law.