If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass of the society.

At cheaper and nearer seats of Learning parents with slender incomes may place their sons in a course of education putting them on a level with the sons of the Richest.

To provide employment for the poor, and support for the indigent, is among the primary, and, at the same time, not least difficult cares of the public authority.

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

Another advantage accruing from this ingredient in the constitution of a senate, is the additional impediment it must prove against improper acts of legislation. No law or resolution can now be passed without the concurrence first of a majority of the people, and then of a majority of the states.

If men were angels, there would be no need of government.