Please make a note of it. There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. If mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. When the freedom they wished for most was the freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and never was free again. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force.