GOVERNMENT--HUMAN NATURE & POLITICAL POWER
CONTENTS
Political Society, Government, & the People.
Thomas Paine.
Human Nature & the Need for Government.
Alexander Hamilton.
The Power of Coercion--An Essential Power of Any
Effective Central Government.
George Washington.
Political Power & Human Nature.
John Adams.
Government & the People.
John Stuart Mill.
Government Protection--The Price of Obedience.
Robert Toombs.
American Individualism, Self-reliance, & Political
Authority.
Alexis de Tocqueville.
The Objects of Good Government.
Grover Cleveland.
Political Power Exercised by Small-minded, Mean-
spirited Persons.
Henry George.
The Government of a Free People.
John Dickinson.
Political Liberty & the Need for a System of
Separation of Powers.
Baron de Montesquieu.
Tyranny--A Definition.
James Madison.
Political Liberty & the Need for a System of
Checks & Balances.
Baron de Montesquieu.
Political Power & Human Nature.
Abigail Adams.
Human Nature, Original Sin, & the Need for
Limitations on the Power of Popular &
Legislative Majorities.
John Adams.
The Virginia Constitution of 1776 & the Need for
a System of Checks & Balances.
Thomas Jefferson.
The Essence of Free Government--A System of Balanced
Government, or Checkes & Balances.
John Adams.
The Need for a Strong Executive in a Free Government.
John Adams.
The Notion that the People Are the Best Keepers of
Their Own Liberties.
John Adams.
Balanced Government & Protection of the Rights of
the Rich & the Poor.
John Adams.
Judicial Activism in the U.S. Government.
Thomas Jefferson.
Tyranny of the Majority--Unlimited Majority Rule
(Absolute Democracy, or Popular Despotism).
Nikolai Lenin.
American Federalism & States' Rights.
Tenth Amendment.
American Federalism & States' Rights.
Abraham Lincoln.
Centralization of Governmental Power versus
States' Rights.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Centralization of Governmental Power versus
States' Rights.
Thomas Jefferson.
Honest Government & Respect for the Law.
Louis D. Brandeis.
Two Dangers to Liberty--The Extremes of Despotism
& Anarchy.
Alexander Hamilton.
Republican Government & Respect for the Law.
Alexander Hamilton.
The Threat to Civilization Posed by Mob Violence
& Disregard of the Law.
Peter Viereck.
Mob Rule--A Danger to American Liberty & Govern-
mental Institutions.
Abraham Lincoln.
Moral Values & Improvement of Laws.
John Stuart Mill.