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.
- Henry Knox Quote

Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty.
- Henry Knox Quote

Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly.
- Henry Knox Quote

Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.
- Henry Knox Quote

That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness.
- Henry Knox Quote

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.
- Henry Knox Quote

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.
- Henry Knox Quote

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.
- Henry Knox Quote