Power Tends To Corrupt, And Absolute Power

Limitation Is Essential To Authority. A Government Is Legitimate Only If It Is Effectively Limited.

A Public Man Has No Right To Let His Actions Be Determined By Particular Interests. He Does The Same Thing As A Judge Who Accepts A Bribe. Like A Judge He Must Consider What Is Right, Not What Is Advantageous To A Party Or Class.

The Strong Man With The Dagger Is Followed By The Weak Man With The Sponge.

The Man Who Prefers His Country Before Any Other Duty Shows The Same Spirit As The Man Who Surrenders Every Right To The State. They Both Deny That Right Is Superior To Authority.

History Is The Arbiter Of Controversy, The Monarch Of All She Surveys.