When mankind was in its infancy, steeped in uncertainty, ignorance, and error, was it possible to foresee what system it would adopt for preservation.

The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.

Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth?

When mankind was in its infancy, steeped in uncertainty, ignorance, and error, was it possible to foresee what system it would adopt for preservation.

It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.

A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.

The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there is nothing so dangerous as to suffer power to be vested for a long time in one citizen. The people become accustomed to obeying him, and he becomes accustomed to commanding, hence the origin of usurpation and tyranny.