The source of the government's authority is “the consent of the governed.” This means that the government is not the ruler, but… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Every selfish motive therefore, every family attachment, ought to recommend such a system of policy as would provide no less carefully for… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The whole proletariat must be armed at once with muskets, rifles, cannon and ammunition, and the revival of the old-style citizens militia,… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
None of this is fair to you. And should it continue, it will make it more difficult to keep attracting the kind… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for… — Grace Napolitano Copy Share Image
[W]hich category of crimes does the State pursue and punish most intensely? [T]hose against private citizens or those against itself? The gravest… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Human beings are hardwired by however many millions or billions of years to orient toward their own survival. That's why we're tribal… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
There will always be people who say, we should just tear things down, they simply don't work and we should just fold… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
“It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believes that the folly… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
To large numbers of American citizens life in certain parts of the country becomes intolerably hazardous. They may be seized on any… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Killing a bunch of people in Sudan and Yemen and Pakistan, it's like, "Who cares - we don't know them." But the… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“San Jose is made up of the finest citizens of any city in the entire United States- peace loving, quiet, cultured people.… — Harry Farrell Copy Share Image
The message from national security experts and citizens around the world is clear: The only way to eliminate the global nuclear danger… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
The error arises from the learned jurists deceiving themselves and others, by asserting that government is not what it really is, one… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
What we have now is democracy without citizens. No one is on the public's side. All the buyers are on the corporations'… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, every American citizen takes the same position... that we don’t like negative advertisements. But they work! And, as you see, many… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
In 1776, 1950, or now, there's never been a golden age of liberty, and there never will be. People who value freedom… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
The only ground of hope for the continuance of our free institutions is in the proper moral and religious training of the… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
I have the deepest regret about 9/11. Sept. 11, 2001, was one of the most difficult days I've ever had. I was… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Think of the undying glory that hangs around the ancient name of Africa and forget not that you are native-born American citizens,… — Henry Highland Garnet Copy Share Image
You grow up Latin in this country and you're a third class citizen from the word go, and so you have to… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
Israel will not transfer Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza District to any foreign sovereign authority, [because] of the historic right of our… — Menachem Begin Copy Share Image
Hamas is responsible for countless homicide bombings that have killed hundreds of Israeli citizens. They have waged a terror war with the… — Vito Fossella Copy Share Image
I couldn't lie anymore to my kids telling them that they are equal citizens in the state of Israel. They cannot be… — Sayed Kashua Copy Share Image
The State claims and exercises the monopoly of crime. It forbids private murder, but itself organizes murder on a colossal scale. It… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
The goal of immigration policy should be what is in the best interests of the American people as a whole. I would… — Jan C. Ting Copy Share Image
One citizen differs from another, but the salvation of the community is the common business of them all. This community is the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But Greece and her foundations are Built below the tide of war, Based on the crystalline sea Of thought and its eternity;… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
This point seems counter-intuitive, given the amount of conspicuous vulgarity, vice, and immorality in America. Indeed some Islamic fundamentalists argue that their… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
I call my philosophy and approach compassionate conservatism. It is compassionate to actively help our fellow citizens in need. It is conservative… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
If your audience is young, it'd be youth culture, if your audience is older, it'd be older people, if it were senior… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
We will go to every part of Tamil Nadu and tell the people that Hindi is coming and that it is like… — C. N. Annadurai Copy Share Image
And a democracy, I suppose, comes into being when the poor, winning the victory, put to death some of the other party,… — Plato Copy Share Image
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