The few have not strength to achieve great changes unaided; the many have not wisdom to be moved by truth unmixed.

The mills of God grind slowly.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.

Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.

Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.