By Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
“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.”
“You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.”
“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.”