Oliver Ellsworth's Timeline: Life, Photos, and Key Events
Start of the timeline. Register and Log in to get the full experience.
Load Full Timeline
1745
1783
 |
 |
on 7/10/1783
"The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be abuses and misapplications; still, it is better to hazard something than to hazard at all."
1787
on 11/19/1787
"Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in divine adoration; but in the mouths of some it means anything, which enervate a necessary government; excite a jealousy of the rulers who are our own choice, and keep society in confusion for want of a power sufficiently concentered to promote good."
See the rest of the events
Load Full Timeline