There is "no happiness without liberty, no liberty without self-government, no self-government without constitutionalism, no constitutionalism without morality--and none of these great… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
No form of government can survive that excludes dictatorship when the life of the nation is at stake. — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
Dictatorship played a decisive role in the North's successful effort to maintain the Union by force of arms...one man was the government… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
Even if a government can be constitutional without being democratic, it cannot be democratic without being constitutional. — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
In the end, the difference between Conservatism and Liberalism seems to be this: the Conservative thinks of liberty as something to be preserved, the… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
The establishment of religious freedom was no less momentous an achievement than the clearing of the great forest or the winning of independence, for… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
No America without democracy, no democracy without politics no politics without parties, no parties without compromise and moderation. — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
The most momentous fact about the pattern of American politics is that we live under a persistent, obdurate, one might almost say tyrannical, two-party… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
The image the Republicans have of themselves needs the image they have of the Democrats to bring it into sharp focus. The Democrats are… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
A gathering of Democrats is more sweaty, disorderly, offhand, and rowdy than a gathering of Republicans; it is also likely to be more cheerful,… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
An annual or frequent choice of Magistrates, who in a year, or in a few years, are again left upon a level with their… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
There is "no happiness without liberty, no liberty without self-government, no self-government without constitutionalism, no constitutionalism without morality--and none of these great goods without… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
No form of government can survive that excludes dictatorship when the life of the nation is at stake. — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
The final greatness of the presidency lies in the truth that it is not just an office of incredible power but a breeding ground… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
The Americans of 1776 were among the first men in modern society to defend rather than to seek an open society and constitutional liberty....… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
