Great men are almost always bad men.

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which benefits all alike, and provokes no sincere opposition...The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. ~ Every class is unfit to govern ... Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.