The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

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.

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.