The Internal Effects Of A Mutable Policy

The Purpose Of The Constitution Is To Restrict The Majority's Ability To Harm A Minority.

Nothing Is So Contagious As Opinion, Especially On Questions Which, Being Susceptible Of Very Different Glosses, Beget In The Mind A Distrust Of Itself.

Despotism Can Only Exist In Darkness.

Wherever The Real Power In A Government Lies, There Is The Danger Of Oppression.

The Two Great Points Of Difference Between A Democracy And A Republic Are: First, The Delegation Of The Government, In The Latter,to A Small Number Of Citizens Elected By The Rest; Secondly, The Greater Number Of Citizens And Greater Sphere Of Country Over Which The Latter May Be Extended.