"The Federalist Papers" Quotes
A collection of essays advocating for the ratification of the United States Constitution.
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Quotes
Justice is the end of government.
The best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
The rights of individuals, or of the minority, are not to be sacrificed to the good of the community.
Liberty is to faction what air is to fire.
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
The vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.
The latent causes of faction are sown in the nature of man.
The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power.
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
