Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
Hak sakral umat manusia tidak boleh digeledah di antara perkamen tua atau catatan apak. Mereka ditulis, seperti sinar matahari, dalam seluruh volume sifat manusia, oleh tangan keilahian itu sendiri; dan tidak akan pernah bisa dihapus.
Hal terbaik yang dapat kita harapkan tentang orang banyak adalah bahwa mereka dipersenjatai dengan benar.
To all general purposes we have uniformly been one people, each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privileges, and protection.
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
Pria memberi saya pujian untuk beberapa jenius. Semua kejeniusan yang saya miliki terletak pada hal ini; ketika saya memiliki subjek di tangan, saya mempelajarinya dengan mendalam. Siang dan malam ada di hadapanku. Pikiranku diliputi olehnya. Maka usaha yang telah saya lakukan itulah yang orang senang sebut sebagai buah kejeniusan. Itu adalah buah dari kerja keras dan pikiran.
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
Pada pokoknya akan ditemukan bahwa kekuatan atas dukungan pria (gaji) adalah kekuatan atas kehendaknya.
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.