In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.