It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.
In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature.
Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.
The terrible tyranny of the majority.
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.