“At this instant commences the first overt act of aristocratical ambition. — Warm in their seats, they were loath to leave them, or hold them any longer at the will of the people. With all the subtlety, and all the sagacity and address which is characteristic of this order of men in every age and nation, they prevailed on the people to relinquish for the future the right of electing counsellors in the general assembly”
John Adams, A Defence of the Constitutions, 1787
The same types of men act exactly the same in every age. They don’t want any checks on their own power. And elections to them are the most odious check.
great quote to have on hand