“No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.”

“Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.”

“No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.”

“A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.”

“The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth of the parent as a controlling law of society.”