Power Ought To Serve As A Check

A Nation May Lose Its Liberties In A Day And Not Miss Them In A Century.

There Is As Yet No Liberty If The Power Of Judging Be Not Separated From Legislative Power And The Executrix

Men In Excess Of Happiness Or Misery Are Equally Inclined To Severity. Witness Conquerors And Monks! It Is Mediocrity Alone, And A Mixture Of Prosperous And Adverse Fortune That Inspire Us With Lenity And Pity.

Power Ought To Serve As A Check To Power.

Friendship Is An Arrangement By Which We Undertake To Exchange Small Favors For Big Ones.