But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years.
Ezra StilesA monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.
Ezra StilesBut a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government.
Ezra Stiles