“War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.”
War“A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.”
Government“War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.”
War“Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.”
Government“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
Freedom“What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?”
Learning“A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.”
Government“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”
Government“Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.”
Power“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
Power“A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.”
Alone“Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.”
Government“The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.”
Home“The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.”
Home“Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.”
Power“Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.”
Home“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
Freedom“Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.”
Best“All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.”
Men“The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.”
War“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. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.”
Government“A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.”
Happiness