In every age of the world, the few have found means to steal power from the many. But in our government, if it be indeed a consolidated one, such a result is absolutely inevitable.
Abel P. Upshur
Abel Parker Upshur (1790–1844) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from Virginia. He was active in Virginia state politics and later served as secretary of the Navy and secretary of state during the Whig administration of President John Tyler. He was the pseudonymous author of An Exposition of the Virginia Resolutions of 1798, a vigorous defense of state nullification.
