The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

It was from America that the plain ideas that men ought to mind their business, and that the nation is responsible to Heaven for the acts of the State - ideas …

Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.

Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not a means to a higher politica…