To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the balance of power, but the very moment the balance of power gets into the...

It was no accident that the beau ideal of his (John Adams’) political philosophy was balance, since he projected onto the world the conflicting passions he felt inside himself and regarded government as the balancing...

The universe is all about balance. The forces of light and darkness are meant to keep a check on one another. If one becomes too powerful and starts overrunning the other, that balance will be...

I see a world on the edge of a blade. Without balance, it will fall.

Russell observes that “the merits of democracy are negative: it does not ensure good government, but it prevents certain evils,” such as the evil of a small group of individuals achieving a secure monopoly on...