It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.
The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is threatened by executive usurpations.
We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature.
The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place.
The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.