We Set Ourselves To Bite The Hand

Power, In Whatever Hands, Is Rarely Guilty Of Too Strict Limitations On Itself.

The Introduction Of Christianity, Which, Under Whatever Form, Always Confers Such Inestimable Benefits On Mankind, Soon Made A Sensible Change In These Rude And Fierce Manners.

We Set Ourselves To Bite The Hand That Feeds Us.

To Tax And To Please, No More Than To Love And To Be Wise, Is Not Given To Men.

To Give Freedom Is Still More Easy. It Is Not Necessary To Guide; It Only Requires To Let Go The Rein. But To Form A Free Government; That Is, To Temper Together These Opposite Elements Of Liberty And Restraint In One Work, Requires Much Thought, Deep Reflection, A Sagacious, Powerful, And Combining Mind.