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- The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power. — Andrew Jackson
- Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government. — Tony Blair
- The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. — James Madison
- Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. — James Madison
- A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. — James Madison
- War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. — James Madison