Time Never Fails To Bring

[o]ur Sages In The Great [constitutional] Convention... Intended Our Government Should Be A Republic Which Differs More Widely From A Democracy Than A Democracy From A Despotism. The Rigours Of A Despotism Often... Oppress Only A Few, But It Is The Very Essence And Nature Of A Democracy, For A Faction Claiming To Oppress A Minority, And That Minority The Chief Owners Of The Property And Truest Lovers Of Their Country.

No One Ever Became, Or Can Become Truly Eloquent Without Being A Reader Of The Bible, And An Admirer Of The Purity And Sublimity Of Its Language.

A Democracy Is A Volcano Which Conceals The Fiery Materials Of Its Own Destruction. These Will Produce An Eruption And Carry Desolation In Their Way.

[the Framers Of The Constitution] Intended Our Government Should Be A Republic, Which Differs More Widely From A Democracy Than A Democracy From A Despotism.

I Consider Biennial Elections As A Security That The Sober, Second Thought Of The People Shall Be Law.