kind of
men. I may
begin by
assuming,
as a
general
principle
common to
all
governments,
that the
portion of
the state
which
desires
the
permanence
of the
constitution
ought to
be
stronger
than that
which
desires
the
reverse.
Now every
city is
composed
of quality
and
quantity.
By quality
I mean
freedom,
wealth,
education,
good
birth, and
by
quantity,
superiority
of
numbers.
Quality
may exist
in one of
the
classes
