Ability Quote by Aaron Swartz

You can't force people in the country to assume power.

— Kirron Kher

We need to find a way to empower citizens to make governments take notice.

— Ian Goldin

Nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power, and to withhold from them information without which power is abused.

— James Madison

The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.

— John Locke

Nothing can stop the power of an informed citizenry when it is empowered, organized, and motivated.

— Ralph Nader

The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the…

— Edward Snowden

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what…

— Harry Browne

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do…

— Harry Browne

A government does not desire its powers to be strictly defined, but the subjects require the line to be drawn with increasing precision.

— Lord Acton

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.

— Thomas Jefferson

I don't want to hear again from the attorney general or anyone on this floor that this government has shown it can be trusted…

— Russ Feingold