Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society.

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed.

No error is more certain than the one proceeding from a hasty and superficial view of the subject.

In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.