History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
Those who would trade safety for freedom deserve neither.
...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans.
A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.
A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate.
We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience.