It may be concluded that a pure democracy . . . can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction.

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?

It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.

That is not a just government where arbitrary restrictions, exemptions, and monopolies deny to part of its citizens that free use of their faculties, and free choice of their occupations.

Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction.

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

Truth [comes only] from those ... who cultivate their reason.