Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
A government does not desire its powers to be strictly defined, but the subjects require the line to be drawn with increasing precision.
Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
Absolute power demoralizes.
The wisdom of divine rule appears not in the perfection but in the improvement of the world... History is the true demonstration of Religion.