The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded.
Lord ActonNo public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.
Lord ActonA wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
Lord ActonLiberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton