The wisdom of a few has often outweighed the clamor of many.
Those who are to be the judges of the law ought to be independent, and under the influence of none but heaven.
It is essential to the security of liberty that the government in general should have a common interest with the people.
Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal contro...
In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as trul...
In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates.
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...
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 free...
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...
It is in vain to say that enlightened statesmen will be able to adjust these clashing interests, and render them all sub...
The public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties, and the measures are too often decided, not according ...
Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires.
