To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second.
God grants victory to perseverance.
If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature and make it obey.
Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.
It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.
Let the entire system of government be strengthened, and let the balance of power be drawn up in such a manner that it will be permanent and incapable of decay because of its own tenuity.