A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy.

We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it.

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then y…

The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.