No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.


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

James Fenimore Cooper Quotes

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.