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I Flatter Myself [we] Have In This Country Extinguished Forever The Ambitious Hope Of Making Laws For The Human Mind.

Nothing Could Be More Irrational Than To Give The People Power, And To Withhold From Them Information Without Which Power Is Abused.

The Class Of Citizens Who Provide At Once Their Own Food And Their Own Raiment, May Be Viewed As The Most Truly Independent And Happy. They Are More: They Are The Best Basis Of Public Liberty, And The Strongest Bulwark Of Public Safety. It Follows, That The Greater The Proportion Of This Class To The Whole Society, The More Free, The More Independent, And The More Happy Must Be The Society Itself.

[in Government] The Constant Aim Is To Divide And Arrange The Several Offices In Such A Manner As That Each May Be A Check On The Other-that The Private Interest Of Every Individual May Be A Sentinel Over The Public Rights.

A Victorious And Powerful Ally Is But Another Name For A Master.