"I believe as firmly as I believe any other historical truth—that no nation ever suffered so much from another nation …"

"Peculiarities of national character, traditional ideas, feelings, and habits, as well as local circumstances of vario…"

"Oligarchies have generally sprung from the ruins either of monarchy or of democracy. When supreme power falls into th…"

"A people desirous to preserve their freedom cannot be too jealous in watching the encroachment of a centralizing spirit."

"Secret voting tends to check the mercenary traffic which often takes place between the candidate and the elector."

"All power which is exercised, not according to known rules, but according to discretion, is arbitrary power; and "arb…"

"An officer who is liable to be dismissed upon every change of Government naturally feels little interest in performin…"

"Abbreviations are the wheels of language, the wings of Mercury. And though we might be dragged along without them, it…"

"England, our native country, one of the most renowned monarchies in the world, against which the Pope beareth a speci…"

"The most high and absolute power of the realm of England consisteth in the parliament: for as in war where the king h…"