Counsels

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    What is the structure of government that will best guard against the precipitate counsels and factious combinations for unjust purposes, without a sacrifice of the fundamental principle of republicanism?
    James Madison (1751–1836)

    In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
    Titus Livius (Livy)

    ... solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition ...
    Amelia E. Barr (1831–1919)