A Revolution In Itself Is Not A

If We Do Not Defend Ourselves None Will Defend Us; If We Yield We Will Be More And More Pressed As We Recede; And If We Submit We Will Be Trampled Under Foot. I Hold Concession Or Compromise To Be Fatal. If We Concede An Inch, Concession Would Follow Compromise, Until Our Ranks Would Be So Broken That Effectual Resistance Would Be Impossible.

It Is Federal, Because It Is The Government Of States United In A Political Union, In Contradistinction To A Government Of Individuals, That Is, By What Is Usually Called, A Social Compact. To Express It More Concisely, It Is Federal And Not National Because It Is The Government Of A Community Of States, And Not The Government Of A Single State Or Nation.

It Is Harder To Preserve Than To Obtain Liberty.

The Will Of A Majority Is The Will Of A Rabble. Progressive Democracy Is Incompatable With Liberty.

Government Has Within It A Tendency To Abuse Its Powers.