Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-3] of 3 Balance quotesBalance QuotesBalance 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.~ James Fenimore Cooper How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to preserve their dearest rights and best privileges, impelled as it were by an irresistible fate of despotism.~ James Monroe A free society can exist only when public spirit is balanced by an equal inclination of men to mind their own business.~ Edward A. Shils Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print