The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.

The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.

The wisdom of divine rule appears not in the perfection but in the improvement of the world... History is the true demonstration of Religion.

In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food

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.

Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.

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