James Fenimore Cooper Quote

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.


The American Democrat: Or, Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America (ed. 1838)


The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.