The effect of the first difference is, on the one hand, to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country,

A democracy, consequently, will be confined to a small spot. A republic may be extended over a large region.

Has it not, on the contrary, invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interest, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct than general or remote considerations

It is in vain to say that enlightened statesmen will be able to adjust these clashing interests, and render them all subservient to the public good. Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

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

It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority.

Under such a regulation, it may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more consonant to the public good than if pronounced by the people themselves, convened for the purpose. On

It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect of getting anything

To be more safe, they at length become willing to run the risk of being less free.