Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society.
In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates.
In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign a...
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government wou...
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.
A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care.
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
A well-adjusted government should be a firm guardian of the nation’s property and interests, while allowing for the freedom of the individua...
The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people.
The diversity in the faculties of men from which the rights of property originate is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of int...
It is in vain to say that enlightened statesmen will be able to adjust these clashing interests, and render them all subservient to the publ...
As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
The public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties, and the measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of just...
Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires.
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way ...
A strong sense of the value of union induced the people, at a very early period, to institute a federal government.
