“If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there
is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of selfdefense
which is paramount to all positive forms of government, and
which against the usurpations of the national rulers may be exerted with
infi nitely better prospect of success than against those of the rulers of an
individual State. In a single State, if the persons entrusted with supreme
power become usurpers, the different parcels, subdivisions, or districts
of which it consists, having no distinct government in each, can take no
regular measures for defense. The citizens must rush tumultuously to
arms, without concert, without system, without resource; except in their
courage and despair.”
-- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 28
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