James Fenimore Cooper Quote

Quote from James Fenimore Cooper,

"The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political authority, though it be confided to masses, cannot be trusted without positive limitations, men in bodies being but an aggregation of the passions, weaknesses and interests of men as individuals."

By:	James Fenimore Cooper (more quotes by James Fenimore Cooper or books by/about James Fenimore Cooper)
	(1789-1851) American Novelist
Source:	The American Democrat, 1838
Categories:	Authority, Democracy, Individualism, Power, Restraint, Totalitarian
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