James Madison

“ If a republican form of government were preferred, how could the monarch resist the national will? Were the public opinion neutral only, and the public voice silent, ambition in the House of Commons could wrest from him his prerogatives, or the avarice of its members might sell to him its privileges. ”

“ The boasted equilibrium of this Government (so far as it is a reality) is maintained less by the distribution of its powers than by the force of public opinion. If the nation were in favor of absolute monarchy, the public liberty would soon be surrendered by their representatives. ”