Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.
Out of the most secure things, the most secure is to doubt.
Among the popular and representative systems of government I do not approve of the federal system: it is too perfect; and it requires virtues and political talents much superior to our own.
To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second.
The art of victory is learned in defeat.
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.