Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

In many cases, it will connect itself with preexisting factions and will enlist all the animosities, the partialities, the influence and the interest in one side or the other. And in such cases, it will always be dangerous that the decision will be regulated more by a comparison of strength of the parties, rather than the demonstration of innocence or guilt.

The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.