Hamilton, Madison & Jay

Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society.

It is essential to the preservation of the rights of the people that they should be able to change their government when it becomes destructive.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

The people are the ultimate source of political power.

A well-constructed Union would break and control the violence of faction.

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.

In a free government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

The strongest man is he who is able to conquer himself.

Liberty requires a great deal of vigilance to maintain.