Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

Quote by John Adams

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It is wrong to admit into the Constitution the idea that there can be property...

It is wrong to admit into the Constitution the idea that there can be property...

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little...

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is,...

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is,...

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never...

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never...

What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where...

What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where...

The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded...

The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded...

The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity.

The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found...

Happiness, whether in despotism or democracy, whether in slavery or liberty, can never be found...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and...

Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and...

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of...

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the...

A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple...

A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple...

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.