Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.