Quotessence
Home / Books / The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States: The Principles of the American Government

The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States: The Principles of the American Government

Book by Alexander Hamilton · 3 quotes · Government, May, Political

Filter quotes by topic

The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States: The Principles of the American Government Quotes

“The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter,to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; secondly, the greater number of citizens and greater sphere of country over which the latter may be extended.”

“The republican principle demands that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they intrust the management of their affairs; but it does not require an unqualified complaisance to every sudden breeze of passion or to every transient impulse which the people may receive from the arts of men, who flatter their prejudices to betray their interests.”

“It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford complete security against invasions of the public liberty by the national authority.”