Every person should have their escape route planned. I think everyone has an apocalypse fantasy,...
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.
The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are - 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; 3. Hope to all.