I Have Thought It My Duty To

Divide Et Impera Must Be The Motto Of Every Nation That Either Hates Or Fears Us.

The Idea Of Restraining The Legislative Authority, In The Means Of Providing For The National Defense, Is One Of Those Refinements Which Owe Their Origin To A Zeal For Liberty More Ardent Than Enlightened.

[v]igor Of Government Is Essential To The Security Of Liberty.

Opinion, Whether Well Or Ill-founded, Is The Governing Principle Of Human Affairs

Hence, In A State Of Nature, No Man Had Any Moral Power To Deprive Another Of His Life, Limbs, Property, Or Liberty; Nor The Least Authority To Command Or Exact Obedience From Him, Except That Which Arose From The Ties Of Consanguinity.