Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.