The Possession Of Unlimited Power Corrodes The

Authority That Does Not Exist For Liberty Is Not Authority But Force.

Monarchy Hardens Into Despotism. Aristocracy Contracts Into Oligarchy. Democracy Expands Into The Supremacy Of Numbers.

Government By Idea Tends To Take In Everything, To Make The Whole Of Society Obedient To The Idea. Spaces Not So Governed Are Unconquered, Beyond The Border, Unconverted, A Future Danger.

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.

Piety Sometimes Gives Birth To Scruples, And Faith To Superstition, When They Are Not Directed By Wisdom And Knowledge.