Respect the individual, not the multitude

Man is by nature good.
Men are depraved and perverted by society.
Respect the individual, not the multitude.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1776), from "Emile" (1762), (trans. Dent, p. 198)

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state - Aristotle

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.
- Aristotle