Opinion It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny. James Fenimore Cooper 6
Opinion It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny. James Fenimore Cooper 7
Opinion Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public... James Fenimore Cooper 9