Government Quotes

"The government will neither believe itself to possess the power, nor permit it to be usurped by others" "The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim" "War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to sustain its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. " "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. " "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once" "A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person" "The interests of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place" "The legitimate meaning of the Constitution is not to be found in metaphysical subtleties" "In a republic this rule ought to be observed, that the majority should not have the predominant power." "If there is no justice for the people let there be no peace for the government" "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."