The
Federalist Papers
"It
has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people
of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important
question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good
government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to
depend for their political constitutions on accident and force."
"Nothing
is more certain than the indispensable necessity of government; and it is
equally undeniable that whenever and however it is instituted, the people must
cede to it some of their natural rights, in order to vest it with
requisite powers."
"...the
prosperity of the people of America depended on their continuing firmly
united.."
"But
politicians now appear who insist that this opinion is erroneous, and that
instead of looking for safety and happiness in union, we ought to seek it in a
division of the States into distinct confederacies or sovereignties."
"it
certainly would not be wise in the people at large to adopt these new political
tenets without being fully convinced that they are founded in truth and sound
policy."