The Balance Of Power In A Society

People And Nations Are Forged In The Fires Of Adversity.

Old Minds Are Like Old Horses; You Must Exercise Them If You Wish To Keep Them In Working Order.

[a] Republic . . . [is] A Government, In Which The Property Of The Public, Or People, And Of Every One Of Them Was Secure And Protected By Law . . . Implies Liberty; Because Property Cannot Be Secured Unless The Man Be At Liberty To Acquire, Use Or Part With It, At His Discretion, And Unless He Have His Personal Liberty Of Life And Limb, Motion And Rest, For That Purpose.

I Am Determined To Control Events, Not Be Controlled By Them.

Where Annual Elections End, There Slavery Begins ... Humility, Patience, And Moderation, Without Which Every Man In Power Becomes A Ravenous Beast Of Prey.