“Single acts of tyranny may b ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, & pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate & systematical plan of reducing us to slavery”Jefferson
“The object of every free govt is the public good, and all lesser interests yield to it. That of every tyrannical government, is the happiness and aggrandizement of one, or a few, and to this the public felicity, and every other interest must submit.”
- Federalist IV "Burtus"
- Federalist IV "Burtus"
“History will teach us…those men who have overturned the liberties of republics the greatest number have begun their career, by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing Demagogues and ending Tyrants.”
- The Federalist I - Alexander Hamilton
- The Federalist I - Alexander Hamilton
“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.”
-The Federalist No. 47, “Publius”/James Madison
-The Federalist No. 47, “Publius”/James Madison
