What is the structure of government that will best guard against the precipitate counsels and factious combinations for unjust purposes, without a sacrifice of the fundamental principle of republicanism?

Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.

[Y]ou will understand the game behind the curtain too well not to perceive the old trick of turning every contingency into a resource for accumulating force in the government.

A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society.

Democracy was the right of the people to choose their own tyrant.