Edmund Burke: “And when will men, young or old, if suddenly raised to far higher power than that which absolute kings and emperors…”

To establish a current circulating credit upon any land-bank, under any circumstances whatsoever, has hitherto proved difficult at the very least.

Never did a state, in any case, enrich itself by the confiscations of the citizens.

But to form a free government, that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one consistent work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.

But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service.