“Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.”
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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
