Piety Sometimes Gives Birth To Scruples, And

It Is Bad To Be Oppressed By A Minority, But It Is Worse To Be Oppressed By A Majority. For There Is A Reserve Of Latent Power In The Masses Which, If It Is Called Into Play, The Minority Can Seldom Resist. But From The Absolute Will Of An Entire People There Is No Appeal, No Redemption, No Refuge But Treason.

Far From Being The Product Of A Democratic Revolution And Of An Opposition To English Institutions, The Constitution Of The United States Was The Result Of A Powerful Reaction Against Democracy, And In Favor Of The Traditions Of The Mother Country.

Democracy Generally Monopolizes And Concentrates Power.

History, To Be Above Evasion Or Dispute, Must Stand On Documents, Not On Opinions.

Though Oppression May Give Rise To Violent And Repeated Outbreaks, Like The Convulsions Of A Man In Pain, It Cannot Mature A Settled Purpose And Plan Of Regeneration, Unless A New Notion Of Happiness Is Joined To The Sense Of Present Evil.