Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
Man acts from adequate motives relative to his interest, and not on metaphysical speculations.
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world.