The public is never wrong.
The instinct of the people is right.
The public is a bad guesser.
We believe in the common sense of the common people.
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.
I am persuaded myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. They may be led astray for a moment, but will soon correct themselves. The people are the only censors of their governors; and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution.
