Liberty Is To Faction What Air Is

The Legislative Department Is Everywhere Extending The Sphere Of Its Activity And Drawing All Power Into Its Impetuous Vortex.

The Purpose Of The Constitution Is To Restrict The Majority's Ability To Harm A Minority.

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

The Inference To Which We Are Brought Is That The Causes Of Faction Cannot Be Removed And That Relief Is Only To Be Sought In The Means Of Controlling Its Effects.

If Man Is Not Fit To Govern Himself, How Can He Be Fit To Govern Someone Else?