The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
A martial nobility and stubborn commons, possessed of arms, tenacious of property, and collected into constitutional assemblies form the only balance capable… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a… — John Adams Copy Share Image
To the security of a free Constitution it [knowledge] contributes in various ways: by teaching the people themselves to know and to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great… — John Adams Copy Share Image
To form a truly free constitution, that's to say, truly just and wise, the first point, the main point, the capital point,… — Jean-Paul Marat Copy Share Image
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