If it is ever used for the ends of government, it has to be incessantly watched, or it corrupts the sources of the public virtue and agitates the country with questions unfavorable to the harmonious and steady pursuit of its true interests.
Jackson cautions that government power, if unchecked, can corrupt public virtue and disrupt national harmony.
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