The primary function of government is to protect the minority of the opulent from the majority of the poor.

Bills of attainder, ex-post facto laws and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation.

[Property] embraces everything to which a man may attach a value and have a right.

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.

Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.

[It] is indispensable that some provision should be made for defending the Community agst [against] the incapicity, negligence or perfidy of the chief Magistrate.

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