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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests.
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.
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What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?
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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
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It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
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They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
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